. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. Fig. 21.—Chess {Bromus secalinus). no. 22.—Rescue-grass {Bromus unioloides). flowering glumes. This grass has booorae very common in certain sections,par- ticularly in the South. A field of it presents an attractive appearance, and the hay produced is of good quality. No. 57. Bromus secalinus Linn. Chess; Cheat. (Fig. 21.) A well-known, weedy, annual grass, introduced into this ccmntry many years ago, and now coniinon in grain fields and waste lands. The panicle is spreading and more or less drooping, and the awns of the f
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. Fig. 21.—Chess {Bromus secalinus). no. 22.—Rescue-grass {Bromus unioloides). flowering glumes. This grass has booorae very common in certain sections,par- ticularly in the South. A field of it presents an attractive appearance, and the hay produced is of good quality. No. 57. Bromus secalinus Linn. Chess; Cheat. (Fig. 21.) A well-known, weedy, annual grass, introduced into this ccmntry many years ago, and now coniinon in grain fields and waste lands. The panicle is spreading and more or less drooping, and the awns of the flowering glumes are usually much shorter than the glumes thciniselves and nioie or less flexuose. The idea that Cheat or Chess is degenerated wheat has no foundation whatever in fact. Only Cheat seeds will produce Cheat, and it is certain that wherever these plants appear they were preceded by Cheat seeds, which may have been introduced with the grail) sown, <.r brought by birds or animals from other fields. Cheat and wheat are only remotely related; they Welong to (luite distinct tribes in the grass. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Division of Agrostology. Washington, D. C. : The Division
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