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Bromus inopinatus sp. nov. 
An erect perennial, 9.5-10.5 dm. high. Culms smooth, slightly pu¬ 
bescent just below the nodes; stout at the base. Sheaths smooth, 
ligule 1 mm. or less. Leaves linear lanceolate, 5-10 mm. wide, 2-2.5 
dm. long; smooth above, and slightly scabrous below. Panicle dense, 
rather diffuse, spreading; 1.7-2.5 dm. long; lower branches 10-14 cm. 
long. Spikelets 3-4.5 cm. long, mostly 3.5-4; subcylindrical, 3 mm. 
wide and but slightly flattened before flowering; late'r spreading and 
flattened, 6-10 mm. wide; florets distinctly separating. Spikelets 8-14 
flowered, the usual number being 12. First glume' 7-8 mm. long, dis¬ 
tinctly 3 nerved; lateral nerves nearly reaching the apex; subacute, 
puberulent, the median nerve delicately hispid. Second glume 9-10 
mm. long, 3 nerved; subacute and not much broader than the first; 
faintly hispid on the keel. Lemmas 12-14 mm. long; those near the 
apex of the spikelets becoming shorter; shining, with short, very 
sparse pubescence near the base, extending almost to the middle on the 
lateral nerves; 7 nerved. Awn 1-2 mm. long, sometimes obsolete; 
palea nearly equalling the lemma, faintly pubescent along the nerves. 
Joints of the rhachilla covered with thick silky pubescence. 
Described from specimens collected within the limits of the city 
of Milwaukee, in the Lake Park region. Some were found growing 
at the foot of the bluffs along the shore of Lake Michigan near Mc¬ 
Kinley Park, and others nearby in an open field at the head of the 
bluffs. 
In general appearance this form resembles inermis Leyss. very 
closely, but in characters might be confounded most easily with 
pumpellianus Scribner. It differs from this form, however, by the 
almost entire absence of pubescence on the lemmas; narrower, longer, 
more flowered spikelets; distinctly 3 nerved lower glume; and longer 
leaves, which are scabrous below; also by its larger panicles, with 
longer lov/er branches. From inermis it may be distinguished by its 
much larger size, longer spikelets, large number of florets, and 3 
nerved lower glume. On close examination of the specimens of the 
genus Bromus Contained in the Gray Herbarium at Cambridge, no 
exotic forms were found which resemble the’ present species. There are 
several specimens of pumpellianus from the western United States in 
the same collection of quite similar habitus, differing structurally, 
however, as previously set forth. 
Bromus ciliatus L. Sp. PI. 76. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 219; 
Beal, 2 p. 618; Bull. Agrost. 17, fig. 583; Bull. Agrost. 23, p. 31; B. & 
B. Man. p. 149; Gray, 7th, p. 164. 
Menomonee Valley in Wauwatosa; Lake Park Region, and at New 
Coeln. 
Bromus ciliatus var. laeviglumis Scrib. Bull. Agrost. 23, p. 32. 
(1900.) 
Wauwatosa, and Milwaukee River near the Port Washington Road. 
Bromus secalinus L. Sp. PI. 76. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. Fl. p. 222; 
Beal, 2, p. 625; Bull. Agrost. 7, fig. 291; Bull. Agrost. 23, p. 16; B. & B. 
Man. p. 150; Gray, 7th, p. 163. 
City Street near McKinley Park; New Coeln; southwestern Bay 
View, and also sparingly in other localities. 
Lolium L. 
1. First glume shorter than the spikelet... L. perenne. 
First glume equalling or extending beyond the lemmas. 
•. • -. L. temulentum. 
Lolium perenne L. Sp. PI. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. Fl. p. 225; Beal, 2, 
p. 629; Bull. Agrost. 7, fig. 295; B. & B. Man. p. 152; Gray, 7th, p. 165. 
Along lake shore bluffs, Lake Park region, and generally in county 
near farms. 
