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84. Bromus Kalmii. Gray . 
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Syn. —B. ciliatus, Mulil. B. purgans, Torrey. 
Panicle simple, small, the spikelets drooping on capillary peduncles, closely 
seven to twelve-flowered, densely silky all over, with rather long and spreading 
hairs; lower glume strongly three-nerved, the upper five-nerved; awn only one- 
third the length of the lanceolate-oblong flowers; culm slender; leaves and 
sheaths conspicuously or sparingly hairy. Perennial; flowers in June and July. 
Culms 18 inches to 3 feet high. Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan. 
85. Bromus Secalinus. Linnccus . 
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Cheat or chess. 
Panicle spreading, the drooping peduncles but little branched; spikelets ob¬ 
long-ovate, turged, smooth, of eight to ten flowers, not over-lapping each 
other, mostly longer than the awn; lower glume five-nerved; upper seven- 
nerved. Annual; flowers in June. Culms 2 to 3 feet high. About wheat 
fields, &c., in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and around Lake Superior. 
A native of Europe and Central Asia. 
A pest about grain fields, supposed by some careless observers to be degen 
erated wheat. It is as improbable to those who have properly investigated 
natural history, that wheat should by deficiency of soil or any other cause turn 
into cheat as that chickens should be hatched from the eggs of ducks or turkeys. 
A very little study, and close examination of the facts will remove this preju¬ 
dice from the mind of every one. For some very judicious observations on 
this subject, see the article of Mr. John Townley, in this work, vol. ii, (1852,) 
page 281. 
GENUS 31. UNIOLA. Linnceus. 
(A diminitive of the Latin unio.') 
Spikelets many-flowered, very flat, two-edged; one or more lower flowers 
sterile and consists of a single palea; glumes lanceolate, compressed-keeled; 
palea of perfect flowers two, membranaceo-eoriaceous, the lower one boat-shaped, 
striate-nerved; upper one smaller doubly keeled; grain free, smooth laterally 
flattened, inclosed in the paleae. Stamens one to three. 
86. Uniola Latifolia. Michaux. 
Spikelets slender-pedieelled, drooping, in an ample, loose panicle, oblong- 
ovate, ten to fifteen flowered; flowers nearly appressed, ovate-lanceolate, slightly 
scythe-shaped, ciliate on the keel, the lowest one neutral, and like a third glume; 
