FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 647 



IJROMUS L. 



B. ciliatus L. Wood Chess. 



Fairly common throughout the State, growing in woods and 

 thickets in moist, sandy soils. A very variable species. 

 Flowers in July and August. 

 Laporte (Barnes); Vigo (Blatchley); Steuben (Bradner). 



B. Kalmii Gray. Wild Chess. 



Common in most parts of the State, growing in dry soil in 

 shaded places. 



Flowers in July and August. 

 Gibson. 



B. secalinus L. Cheat. Chess. 



In fields and waste places in every part of the State. Very often 

 a pernicious weed in grain fields. This is the grass that at one time 

 was believed by many grain growers to come from wheat, a belief 

 that has not yet wholly died out. 



Flowers in June and July. 



Vigo (Blatchley;; Hamilton and Marion; Steuben (Bradner). 



B. racemosus L. Upright Chess. 



Found in situation similar to the preceding, for which it is 

 frequently mistaken. It is also found growing sparsely along the 

 banks of streams. 



Flowers in June and July. 



Vigo (Blatchley); Jefferson and Gibson. 



LOLIUM L. 



L. perenne L. Rye-grass. 



Escaped from cultivation and found sparingly in various counties 

 of the State. It grows in meadows and pastures, but most abund- 

 antly on the borders of cultivated fields. A satisfactory grass for 

 mixed hay or pasture. 



Flowers in June and July. 



Vigo (Blatchley). 



AGROPYRON J. Gaertn. 



A. repens (L.) Beauv. Couch or Quack Grass. 



Found throughout the State, usually being very abundant in its 

 stations. A valuable grass for permanent pasture or meadow. ' ' It 

 spreads very rapidly by means of underground rootstalks, which 

 throw out roots at every joint, and when these are broken up by the 



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