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6. E. mollis, Trin. Seashore of New England and northward. 



7. E. Orcnttianus, Vasey. Southern California. 

 S. E. Saundersi, Vasey. Mountains of Colorado. 



9. E. ? Sibiricus, Linn. Rocky Mountains to California. 



10. E. Sitanion, Schultz. Rocky Mountains to California. 



11. E. striatus, Willd. Smaller TTild Rye. New England to Min- 



nesota and southward. 

 E. striatus, var. villosus, Gr. New England to Minnesota and 

 southward. 



12. E. triticoides, JTutt. Rocky Mountains to California and 



Oregon. 

 This has been considered a variety of E. conde?isatus, from which 

 it differs in having strong runners and not growing in thick clumps, 

 but scattering and singly. Mr. Cusick says it is a valuable grass in 

 Oregon, and cut for hay in wild meadows. 



13. E. Virginicus, Linn. Wild Ryegrass. Terril grass. New Eng- 



land to Texas. 

 E. Virginicus, var. submnticus, Hook. Rocky Mountains. 



A coarse perennial grass, growing on alluvial river banks or in 

 rich low grounds. The culm is rather stout, 2 to 3 feet high, leafy ; 

 the lower leaves are 10 to 15 inches long, broad and rough. The 

 sheath of the upper leaf usually incloses the stalk, and sometimes 

 the base of the flower spike. This spike is erect, dense, and rigid, 

 2 to 4 or 5 inches long and one-half inch thick. The spikelets are 

 two or three together at each joint, all alike and fertile, sessile, two 

 to five flowered, and each with a pair of empty glumes. These 

 glumes are very thick and coarse, strongly nerved, lanceolate, and 

 bristle-pointed, about 1 inch long. The flowering glumes are of 

 firm texture, lance-oblong, five-nerved, hairy on the back, and termi- 

 nating in a stiff, straight awn, half an inch to nearly an inch long, 

 the lowest one in the spikelet having the longest awn, the others 

 gradually shorter. The palet is oblong, obtuse, and as long as the 

 flowering glume, excluding the awn. 



This grass frequently forms a considerable portion of native 

 meadow lands and makes a coarse hay. It starts growth early in 

 the spring, and thus affords a good pasturage. Professor Killebrew, 

 of Tennessee, says it is very valuable and ought to be tried in culti- 

 vation. 



Professor Phares, of Mississippi, says: 



