. The book of grasses : an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges . / Many of the Brome-grasses, as emigrantsfrom Europe, have become weeds in this country,and from May until August are found bloomingby waysides and in waste places, where the beau-tiful panicles of large drooping spikelets shouldbe quickly recognized. Downy Brome-grass, the earliest species, iscommon along railway embankments and bydry roadsides and is resembled by closely relatedspecies which have a more southern range. Theplant is a low, slender annual whose panicles ofawned, dr
. The book of grasses : an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges . / Many of the Brome-grasses, as emigrantsfrom Europe, have become weeds in this country,and from May until August are found bloomingby waysides and in waste places, where the beau-tiful panicles of large drooping spikelets shouldbe quickly recognized. Downy Brome-grass, the earliest species, iscommon along railway embankments and bydry roadsides and is resembled by closely relatedspecies which have a more southern range. Theplant is a low, slender annual whose panicles ofawned, drooping spikelets resemble the heavierheads of cultivated oats. The stems are reddishnear the nodes and soon turn to shining purple,while the ripening flowering-head is tinged withthe same colour. In sandy locations the wholeplant dries in a few weeks, and, faded to a pale 222 ^ Fringed Brome-grassBromus cihaius. FRINGED BROME-GRASS (Hromiis nliatus). One half natural size / ;/
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