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BBOMTTS, L. Wild Chess. 
1271. B. kalmii, Gray. 
^ 1 Dry banks along railroads and roadsides; infrequent. June — July. 
1272. B. secalinus, L. Cheat or Chess. 
Dry banks and old fields, also in grain fields; infrequent. June — 
July. 
1278. B. ciliatus, L. 
Moist banks, open woods, etc. ; frequent. July — August 25th. 
1274. B. ciliatus, L., var. purgans, Gray. 
With the type; rare. July. (B. P.) 
LOLITJM, L. 
1275. L. perenne, L. Common Darnel. Ray-Grass. 
In cultivated ground near Chicago, Bastin. Rare. (B. P.) 
AGROPYRUM, Gaertn. 
1276. A. repens, Beauv. Couch, Quitch, or Quick-Grass. False Wheat. 
Triticum repens , L. 
In fields and cultivated grounds; common or abundant. June — 
August. 
It can hardly be considered sufficiently abundant to be trouble- 
some within our limits. 
This is an introduced plant for the states of our latitude and east- 
ward, where it always occurs in cultivated fields and pastures. It 
is said to be native on the western plains and Rocky Mountains. 
This troublesome weed comes to us from Europe. I believe it is also 
native along the northern lakes. In 1878, 1 found it on sand hills 
in the woods near Petoskey, Mich., growing with A. dasystachyum, 
Yasey, without any appearance of its troublesome habit. One 
seemed as much native as the other. In the summer of 1889, I 
found it on the shore of Lake Superior, north of Marquette, Mich. 
Here it grew among the willows and bushes on the sand ridge 
that forms the shore, in company with Calamagrostris longifolia 
Hook., and Panicum virgatum, L., evidently as much native as 
they. It was taller than the form in our fields, 3 to 4 feet high. 
There were no cultivated fields near, as it was cut off from them by 
a wide stretch of forest and swamp. The specimens from Petos- 
key were evidently Var. nemorale, Anderson, but those from Mar- 
quette were typical. The roots were creeping, but not so exten- 
sively as in cultivated soil, Hill . 
