GRASSES OF OHIO 295 



2. Hordeum distichum L. Two-rowed Barley. An annual 

 grass like Hordeum vulgare 1)iit with the 2 lateral spikelets at eaeh 

 node of the rachis vestigial and containing vestigial flowers. 



Cultivated for its grain, usually mixed with 11. vulgare. In fields 

 and waste places. June, July. Escaped in Lake and Erie Counties. 



3. Hordeum nodosum L. Meadow Barley. An annual grass 

 with erect or sometimes decumbent stems, l />-2 ft. high, and erect 

 spikes. Spikelets 3 at a node of the rachis, the central one with a 

 perfect Mower, the lateral ones with staminate or vestigial flowers; 

 lemmas awned. 



In thin dry soils and waste places. May, June. Hamilton 

 County. 



4. Hordeum jubatum L. Squirrel-tail Barley. A biennial grass 

 with simple, erect, usually slender stems, [ /2-2y 2 ft. high, and a 

 nodding, densely awned spike. Spikelets in 3's, the central one con- 

 taining a perfect flower, the lateral ones vestigial ; empty glumes 

 awn-like ; lemma with an awn as long as the empty glumes ; all 

 the awns scabrous and very slender. 



A weed. In dry soil and waste ground. June-August. From 

 Lake to Lucas County ; also in Franklin, Madison, Greene, Allen, 

 Defiance and Williams. Naturalized from the West. 



