WEEDS OF THE GRASS FAMILY. 



55 



Fig. 22. (After Vasey.i 



and a great nuisance in bay cut 

 from sandy soil. Remedies: burn- 

 ing over annually the area in- 

 fested; hoeing or other close culti- 

 vation. 



7. Eragbostis ma.tok Host. Stinking- 

 grass. Pungent Meadow-grass. 



(A. I. 2. i 



Erect or spreading at base, 6 inches 

 to 2 feet tall, smooth ; leaves 2-7 inches 

 long; sheaths shorter than the joints. 

 Flowers in a compound panicle 2-(> 

 inches in length, its branches spread- 

 ing: spikelets densely 8-3.") flowered, 

 very flat, whitish when old. Seeds 

 pale red. very small, nearly round. 

 (Fig. 22.) 



A showy ill-smelling grass, oc- 

 curring in sandy soil, meadows and 

 waste places. July-Sept. The tiat 



lead-colored heads make it easily known 

 ing by late and thorough cultivation. 



The low meadow-grass (E. < ra- 

 grostis L.) is a closely allied species 

 with shorter stems and spikes and 

 narrower spikelets. Also introduced 

 and spreading rapidly. Remedies 

 the same. 



Remedies: prevent seed- 



v. 



Cheat. Chess 



B BOM US SECALINUS L. 



(A. I. 2.) 



Erect, unbranched, 1-3 feet tall ; 

 Bheaths shorter than the joints: leaves 

 2 'a inches long. Flowering panicle 2-S' 

 inches in length, glabrous, its branches 

 drooping; spikelets oblong-ovate, swol- 

 len. 6 -10 flowered, the nerves of the 

 scales often awned or bristle tipped 

 Seeds resembling those <»i oats but 

 darker and smaller, g inch long, the ad- 

 tiering glumes with a row of bristles 

 down eadi side oi the groove. (Fig. 23. i 



A winter annual, common in 

 grain fields and often along fence- 

 rows. June-Aug. The seeds when buried retain vitality for years 



Fig. _':{. a, spikelet. After Siribner.) 



