. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 28 12. BROMTJS RUBENS L. Cent. PI. 1: 5. 1755. Festucn ruheux'PtTi'. Syn. PI. 1: 94. 1805. (Fig. 12.) A rather slender, tufted annual. Culm about 2-5 dm. high, erect or slightly genic- ulate at the base, puberulent toward the top. Sheaths pubescent, ligule 1-2 mm. long, laciniate-dentate; blades 3-15 cm. long, linear-lanceolate, pubescent both sides. Panicle erect, compact, ovoid, usually purplish, about 4-7 cm. long. Spikelets mostly 7-11-flowered, cm. long; empty glumes acuminate, smooth to scabrous, pubescent, the
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 28 12. BROMTJS RUBENS L. Cent. PI. 1: 5. 1755. Festucn ruheux'PtTi'. Syn. PI. 1: 94. 1805. (Fig. 12.) A rather slender, tufted annual. Culm about 2-5 dm. high, erect or slightly genic- ulate at the base, puberulent toward the top. Sheaths pubescent, ligule 1-2 mm. long, laciniate-dentate; blades 3-15 cm. long, linear-lanceolate, pubescent both sides. Panicle erect, compact, ovoid, usually purplish, about 4-7 cm. long. Spikelets mostly 7-11-flowered, cm. long; empty glumes acuminate, smooth to scabrous, pubescent, the lowei- narrow, 1-nerved, 7-9 mm. long, the upper broader, 3-nerved, 10-12 mm. long; flowering glume 13-16 mm. long, lanceolate acute, 5-nerved, scabrous to appressed, scabrous-pubescent, somewhat bent out- ward when mature, apex deeply cleft into two long-acuminate hyaline teeth 4-5 mm. long; axon straight, 18-21 mm. long; palea reaching about to the point of insertion of the awn, longciliate- pectinate on the keels. A species from the Mediterranean re- gion of Europe introduced on the Pacific coast and reported by Beal as being found in Kansas. A sin- gle specimen has been seen from the Atlantic coast on wool waste near Boston, Mass. Specimens examined.—California,: Vol- cano, Amador County (George Hansen 2078); near Santa Ana (A. Davidson 1973); Santa Catalina Island (Blanche Trask 12; T. A. Brandegee); Berkeley (J. AV. Blankiuship 36); Capay (J. W. Blankinship37). Oregon: Gilliam County (J. B. Leiberg 163). Massa- chusetts: N. Billerica(C. W. Swan). This species is closely related to B. madritensis, but is smaller through- out and has a more compact panicle. 13. BROMUS STERILIS L. Sp. PL 1: 77. 1753. Scliedonorus sterilis Fr. Summ. Veg. Scand. 1: 76. 1846-49. (Fig. 13.) An annual or biennial with rather stout, smooth, erect or ascending culms, 5-10 dm. high, more or less geniculate or curved at the base. Sheaths mostly pubescent; ligule mm. long, laciniate; blades b
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