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ment; sparingly escaped in California 

 (Monterey County) and Texas. 



2. Briza minor L. Little quaking 

 grass. (Fig. 184.) Annual; culms 

 erect, 10 to 40 cm. tall; ligule of the 

 upper leaf 5 mm. long or more, acute; 

 blades 2 to 10 mm. wide; panicle 5 



Figure 183. — Briza maxima. X Yi- (Baenitz, Dal- 

 matia.) 



Figure 184. — Briza minor. 

 Plant, X M; spikelet and 

 floret, X 5. (Hitchcock 2597, 

 Calif.) 



