. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 22 uous. Spikelets oblong to oblong ovoid, turgid, 6-12-flowered, 15-20 mm. long; empty glumes broad, obtuse, glabrous, the lower 3- or indistinctly 5-nerved, |-| the length of the upper, the upper 7-9-nerved, 6-8 mm. long; flowering glume very broad, 7-9-nen-ed, ohime, with a Inroad scarious margin somewhat obtusely angled al:)ove the middle, glabrous or minutely scabrous, apex minutely notched; awn ratlnr Htont, attached below the apex, about the length of the glume, somewhat twisted and divergent, espccialbj at niatarit
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 22 uous. Spikelets oblong to oblong ovoid, turgid, 6-12-flowered, 15-20 mm. long; empty glumes broad, obtuse, glabrous, the lower 3- or indistinctly 5-nerved, |-| the length of the upper, the upper 7-9-nerved, 6-8 mm. long; flowering glume very broad, 7-9-nen-ed, ohime, with a Inroad scarious margin somewhat obtusely angled al:)ove the middle, glabrous or minutely scabrous, apex minutely notched; awn ratlnr Htont, attached below the apex, about the length of the glume, somewhat twisted and divergent, espccialbj at niatarity; palea a little shorter than its glume. Adventive from Europe. Has been found in waste places on the eastern coast sec. Britton and Brown, " Illustrated ; Type in Linnseus's herbarium. Specimens examined: A single specimen in the National Herbarium collected at Lansingburg, New York, by Dr. E. C. Howe in 1886, has been referred to this spe- cies, though it is not typical but approaches very closely B. secalinus and arvensix. 7. BROMUS BRIZ^- FORMIS Fisch. &Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 3:30. 1837. (Fig. 7.) An erect annual with rather slender culms and large drooping, hriz sef o r m spikelets. Culms about 3-6 dm. high, smooth or sUghtly pubescent at the nodes. Sheaths with a soft, short-pilose pubes- cence, especially the lower ones; ligule about 2 mm. long, somewhat laciniate; Ijlades linear, usually pubescent on both sides. Panicle 5-25 cm. long, lax, secund, mostly nodding. Spike- lets a b o u t 15-25 mm. broad, oblong-ovoid, lat- erally much cotnpressed; empty glumes broad, ob- tuse, smooth or minutely scabrous, frequently purplish, lower 3-5- nerved, about one-half the length of the upper, which is broader, 5-9- nerved and 6-8 mm. long; flowering glume about 1 cm. long, very broad, obtuse, smooth or slightly scabrous, with a broad scarious margin; awn none or sometimes present, especially on the upper flower- ing glumes, terminal, 1-2 mm. long; palea n
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