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7. Bromus inermis Leyss. Hungarian Brome-grass. A peren¬ 
nial grass with tufted stems, 2-3^ ft. high, with smooth and glabrous 
leaves and an oblong panicle of erect oblong spikelets. Lemma 5-7- 
nerved, awnless or sometimes awn-pointed. An important grass for 
pasture and hay. 
In fields and waste places. June, July. Introduced from Europe. 
Wayne County. 
8. Bromus ciliatus L. Fringed Brome-grass. An erect peren¬ 
nial, 2-4 ft. high, with retrorsely pubescent or nearly smooth sheaths 
and a broad, lax, drooping panicle whose branches are spikelet-bear- 
ing near the ends. Spikelets 5-10-flowered; lemma smooth on the 
back, pubescent along the margins, 5-7-nerved, obtuse and slightly 
bifid at the apex which ends in a straight awn. Very variable. 
In moist woods and thickets. July, August. Erie, Wayne, 
Eranklin, Champaign, Hocking. 
9. Bromus purgans L. Hairy Brome-grass. A perennial grass 
with erect rather stout stems, 2-5 ft. high, sparsely retrorse-pilose 
sheaths, and large lax nodding panicles. Spikelets, 7-12-flowered; 
lemma lanceolate, acute, densely pubescent, 5-7-nerved, emarginate 
and with a short straight awn. 
In moist rocky woodlands. June-August. General. 
10. Bromus asper Murr. Rough Brome-grass. A perennial 
grass with simple erect rough stems, 2-6 ft. high, retrorse-hirsute 
leaf-sheaths, and an open panicle with drooping branches. Spikelets 
5-10-flowered; lemma acute, hispid near the margins and on the 
lower part of the keel, short awned. 
In waste places. July, August. Naturalized from Europe. No 
specimens. 
11. Bromus tectorum L. Downy Brome-grass. A short-lived 
annual, ft. high, with slender tufted stems, pubescent sheaths 
and leaf-blades, and broad, rather dense, one-sided drooping panicles. 
Spikelets nodding, 5-8-flowered ; lemma long-awned, 7-nerved, usually 
hirsute-pubescent. A weed. 
In waste places and roadsides. May-July. Introduced from 
Europe. General and abundant. 
12. Bromus sterilis L. Barren Brome-grass. An erect annual 
grass, 1-3 ft. high, with a broad lax drooping panicle, the slender 
branches usually with but 1 spikelet, and with smooth or sometimes 
pubescent sheaths. Spikelets spreading or pendulous; lemma 
acuminate, long-awned, 7-nerved, scabrous on the nerves. 
In waste places. June, July. Introduced from Europe. Licking, 
Sandusky, Cuyahoga. 
