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Festuca octoflora Walt. FI. Car. 81. (1788.) B. & B. Ill. FI. ,p* 
216; Beal, 2, p. 586; Bull. Agrost. 17, fig. 580: B. & B. Man. p. 146; 
Gray, 7th, p. 161. 
Whitefish Bay. 
Festuca elatioe L. Sp. PL 75. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 217; 
Beal, 2, p. 591; Bull. Agrost. 20, fig. 124. B. & B. Man. p. 147; Gray, 
7th, p. 162. 
Common everywhere in open places. 
Festuca nutans Spreng. FI. Hal. Mant. 34. (1807.) B. & B. Ill. 
FI. p. 218; Beal, 2, p. 588; B. & B. Man. p. 147; Gray, 7th, p. 162. 
Western part of Bay View. 
Bromus L. 
1. Lemma with pubescence about equally distributed over the dorsal 
surface . 2. 
Lemma with pubescence conspicuously unevenly distributed over 
the dorsal surface, longest and densest on the margins or base 
or both... 5. 
Lemma smooth or scabrous.7. 
2. Panicle narrow, lower branches not over 10 cm. long... 
... B. Tjreviaristatus. 
Panicle rather broad, some of the lower branches over 10 cm. long. .3^ 
3. Lower glume more or less distinctly 3 nerved. B. Kalmii. 
Lower glume 1 nerved, acute.4. 
4. Sheaths densely soft, pilose pubescent, longer than the internodes. 
....: . B. incanus. 
Sheaths sparsely pilose pubescent, or nearly smooth, shorter than 
the internodes . B. purgans. 
5. Panicle rather broad, loose and drooping; awn less than 3 mm. 
long or absent...6. 
Panicle rather narrow and erect, or not conspicuously drooping; 
awn 3-5 mm. long. B. ciliatus. 
6. Lower glume 1 1 nerved; spikelets 2-2.5 cm. long. B. inermis. 
Lower glume 3 nerved; spikelets 3-4.5 cm. long. B. inopinatus . 
7. Margins of lemmas strongly involute in fruit. B. secalinus. 
Perennials, sheaths usually pubescent; lemmas not involute in 
fruit. .....B. ciliatus Iceviglumis. 
Bromus breviaristatus (Hook.) Buckl. FI. Bor. Am. 2, p. 253. 
(1840.) B. & B. III. FI. p. 223; Beal, 2, p. 623; Bull. Agrost, 23, p. 53 
(marginatus)-, B. & B. Man. p. 151. 
In Wauwatosa and along the Milwaukee River^near the Humboldt 
Street bridge. These records extend the eastern range of the species. 
Bromus Kalmii Gray. Man. ed. 1, p. 600. (1848.) B. & B. Ill. Fl. 
p. 221; Beal, 2, p. 624; Bull. Agrost. 17, fig. 584; Bull. Agrost. 23, p. 34; 
B. & B. Man. p. 150: Gray, 7th, p. 164. 
Whitefish Bay, Fox Point, and along the Milwaukee River near the 
Humboldt Street bridge. 
Bromus incanus (Shear) Hitch. Bull. Agrost. 23, p. 41. (1900.) 
Gray, 7th, p. 164. 
Mitchell’s Woods and Wauwatosa. 
Bromus purgans L. Sp. PL 76. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. Fl. p. 219 
(ciliatus pars)-, Beal, 2, p. 619 (ciliatus pars)-, Bull. Agrost. 23, p. 39* 
B. & B. Man. p. 149 (ciliatus pars)-, Gray, p. 164. 
Fox Point, at the Cement Mills. 
Bromus inermis Leyss. Fl. Hal. 16. (1761.) Beal, 2, p. 612; Bull. 
Agrost. 7, fig. 290; Bull. Agrost. 23, p. 47; B. & B. Man. p. 149. 
Menomonee Valley, along the railroad tracks near 34th street, where 
it has been undoubtedly introduced from the west. 
