6±8 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



plow or harrow, form separate plants. Hence when fields infested 

 by it are wanted for crops it becomes very troublesome." (Troop.) 



Flowers from June through August. 



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



A. violaceum (Hornem.) Vasey. Purplish Wheat Grass. 



Reported from Lake County, growing sparingly in dry sandy soil. 

 Flowers in June. 

 Lake (Hill). 



HORDEUM L. 



H. nodosum L. Meadow Barley. 



(H. pratense Huds.) 

 Found along the lower Wabash and in meadows and waste places 

 in the southern counties. When young it is eaten by stock, but is 

 worthless for forage when mature because of its long barbed awns. 

 Flowers in June and July. 

 Gibson; Knox (Spillman). 



H. jubatum L. Wild Barley. Squirrel-tail Grass. 



Found sparingly on sandy or gravelly land in various parts of the 

 State. Of no value in our range. 

 Flowers in July and August. 

 Hamilton and Marion (Wilson). 



ELYMUS L. 



E. strtatus Willd. Slender Wild Rye. 



A common form growing in woods and on banks in many counties 

 of the State. Of no especial value. 

 Flowers in June and July. 



Jefferson (Young) ; Fayette (Hessler) ; Hamilton and Marion 

 (Wilson) ; Gibson. 



E. Virginicus L. Wild Rye. 



Common throughout the State, occurring most plentifully in moist, 

 sandy soils in shaded places. While the species has some value far- 

 ther south, it is practically worthless in our area. 

 Flowers in July and August. 

 Vigo ( Blatchley) ; Steuben (Bradner). 



E. Canadensis L. 



Similar to the preceding and found in many counties in fair 

 abundance. It grows on the banks of streams and railways in moist, 

 sandy soil. 



Flowers in July and August. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham) ; Vigo (Blatchley); Steuben (Bradner). 



