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(F. P. Metcalf, type station); hummocks in and around Slaterville Swamp, 1919; 

 wet hillside, n. side of Fall Creek, Varna, 1918 {A. Gershoy). (See Rhodora 24: 92. 

 1922.) 



6. B. altissimus Pursh. (B. ciliatus, in part, of Cayuga Fl.) Brome-grass. 

 Alluvial stream banks ; rather common. July 20-Sept. 10. 



North Spencer; Enfield Glen; Coy Glen; bank of Inlet s. of Ithaca; Six Mile 

 Creek ; Cascadilla Glen ; Renwick woods ; Fall Creek, above Forest Home, near Etna, 

 and near Freeville ; Myers Point ; Salmon Creek, n. of Ludlowville. 



N. Me. and w. Conn, to Nebr. (Mont.?), southw. to Pa. and Mo., but wanting on 

 the Coastal Plain. Probably a plant of the rich lands of the interior. 



A form with the sheaths villous is forma incanus (Shear) Wiegand (see Rho- 

 dora 24:91. 1922. B. purgans, var. incanus Shear). It is occasional, as in Fall 

 Creek above Forest Home (F. P. Metcalf & L. H. MacDanicls), and west of Free- 

 ville. 



7. B. ciliatus L. (B. ciliatus, var., no. 1256 of Cayuga Fl.) Brome-grass. 

 Boggy meadows and springy places, in marl or strongly calcareous soils ; frequent. 



July-Aug. 



Swamp along the creek above Enfield Falls ; spring, s. side of Coy Glen ; Fall 

 Creek (D. in C. U. Herb.) ; Forest Home (D. in C. U. Herb.) ; e. of Slaterville; 

 Mud Creek, Freeville; McLean Bogs (£>.!) ; Beaver Brook; Lake Como (Locke 

 Pond, D.) ; Salmon Creek, two miles n. of Ludlowville; Lowery Ponds; Spring Lake. 



Lab. and Newf. to B. C, southw. to N. Y., Pa., Minn., Nev., and Oreg., but 

 rare on the Atlantic Coastal Plain. 



The form with glabrous sheaths (forma dcnudatus Wiegand) is occasional. 



8. B. tectorum L. 



Waste places, in dry sandy or gravelly soils ; rare, and very recently introduced. 

 Railroad yards, Ithaca, 1924 {W . C. Muenschcr) ; in gravel, Renwick, 1919; 

 Cayuga, 1915 (F. P. Metcalf). 



Me. to 111., southw. to Md. and Mo. 

 Adventive. Native of Eu. 



9. B. sterilis L. 



A weed of dry or damp gravelly waste places and roadsides; rare. June-July. 



Dooryard, E. State St., and waste soil, Quarry St., Ithaca ; gravelly soil along shore, 

 Taughannock Point, 1884 (F. V. Coville, D.), now fairly abundant there; Interlaken 

 (W. A. Bassctt). 



Mass. to 111. and Colo., southw. to D. C. and Ark. ; also on the Pacific coast. 



Naturalized from Eu. 



10. B. inermis Leyss. 



Roadsides, fields, and banks, in rich soils ; becoming frequent about Ithaca. June- 

 July 15. 



Slaterville Swamp ; C. U. campus, in several places ; Fall Creek flats, Forest Home ; 

 old railroad embankment, Renwick slope ; field near McLean Bogs. 



Escaped from cultivation. Introduced from Eu. 



2. Bromelica (Thurb.) Farwell 



1. B. striata (Michx.) Farwell. (See Rhodora 21: 76 and 215. 1919. Avcna striata 

 of Cayuga Fl. Melica striata of authors.) Purple Oat. 



Dry or damp open woodlands, in gravelly, more or less calcareous, soils ; frequent. 

 May 20-June 20. 



S. of Perry City; Six Mile Creek; e. of Slaterville; McLean Woods; and else- 

 where. 



Newf. to Minn, and B. C. (?), southw. to Pa. and Coin. 



