Al. 
5. Panicle open, its branches spreading or 
drooping. 
7. Lemma inflated, awnless. Expected 
(B. brizeaformis). 
7. Lemma not inflated, awned. 
8. Branches of panicle rather stiffly 
spreading, not drooping......0.eseeeeee+ Be Commutatus 
8. Branches of panicle lax, drooping. 
9. Lemmas obtuse; awn flexuous; palea 
distinctly shorter than lemma....... B. japonicus 
9. Lemmas acute, bifid; awn straight 
or nearly so; palea about as long 
as lemma. Expected (B. arvensis). 
Bromus inermis Leyss. Awnless Bromegrass 
Ivy Neck. One station: beside trail to abandoned grassy field 
on Scaffold Peninsula. Hectare 4740. Associate species: Rumex 
crispus, Anagallis arvensis, Galinsoga ciliata, Mollugo verticillata, 
Oenothera biennis. Higman 854. 
B. racemosus L. Bromegrass 
Java Farm. One station: broken pavement in Fox Point Road. 
Associate species: Plantago aristata, Festuca myuros, Cyperus 
filicinus. Higman 1112. 
3B. commutatus Schrad. 
(B. racemosus L.) Hairy Chess 
Java Farm. Infrequent along new entrance road and Fox Point 
Road. Also one station on south-facing slope east of Muddy Creek 
and adjacent north border. Hectare 2458. Associate species: Allium 
vineale, Juncus canadensis, Carex tribuloides, Plantago aristata. 
Higman 788, 891, 1136. 
B. japonicus Thunb. Japanese Chess 
Java Farm. One station: old field on south side of Fox Creek 
marsh. Hectare 3524. Partial canopy Of Pinus virginiana and 
Liquidambar styraciflua. Associate species: Erigeron annuus, Solidago 
graminifolia, S. altissima. Higman 890. 
