. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 28 examined.—Massachusetts (ex herb. W. P. Alcott in 1880). New York: Ithaca (W. R. Dudley in 1884). Delaware: Wihiiington (A. Commons 339 in 1898). Montana: (F. Lamson-Scribner 97 in 1883). Idaho: Lewiston (A. A. & E. G. Heller 3203 in 1896; L. F. Henderson 4635 in 1894); Viola (Sandberg, Heller & McDougal 482 in 1892); Coeur d'Alene Mountains (J. B. Leiberg 1006 in 1895). Utah: Echo (P. A. Rydberg2353 in 1895); Salt Lake City (L. H. Pam- mel 197 in 1899). Nevada: Reno (S. M. Tracy 194 in 1887). Washing
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 28 examined.—Massachusetts (ex herb. W. P. Alcott in 1880). New York: Ithaca (W. R. Dudley in 1884). Delaware: Wihiiington (A. Commons 339 in 1898). Montana: (F. Lamson-Scribner 97 in 1883). Idaho: Lewiston (A. A. & E. G. Heller 3203 in 1896; L. F. Henderson 4635 in 1894); Viola (Sandberg, Heller & McDougal 482 in 1892); Coeur d'Alene Mountains (J. B. Leiberg 1006 in 1895). Utah: Echo (P. A. Rydberg2353 in 1895); Salt Lake City (L. H. Pam- mel 197 in 1899). Nevada: Reno (S. M. Tracy 194 in 1887). Washington: Waitsburg (R. M. Horner 563 in 1897); Pullman (A. D. E. Elmer 371 in 1896; 876 in 1897); Wawawai (C. V. Piper 1739 in 1894). Oregon: Prineville (J. B. Leiberg 308 in 1894). California: Near Mount Shasta (Dr. E. Palmer 2647 in 1892). 8. BROMTJS SCOPARITJS L. Cent. PI. 1:6. 1755. Serrafal- ms scoparius Pari. Fl. Pal. 1: 174. 1845. (Fig. 8.) An annual with rather slender, smooth, nearly erect culms about 2-3 dm. high. Sheaths sparsely pilose or nearly smooth; ligule about 1 mm. long, lacini- ate-dentate; blades linear, 6-12 cm. long, mostly pilose above and smooth beneath. Panicle dense, oblong or ovate, obtuse, erect, 3-6 cm. long, 1-3 an. broad; branches very short. Spikelets very short-pedicellate, oblong- lanceolate, 5-11-flowered, 10-18 mm. long; empty glumes gla- brous or slightly scabrous on the nerves, the lower acute, 1-3- nerved, 4-5 mm. long, the upper 3-nerved, broader, 5-6 mm. long; flowering glume 7-8 mm. long, 5-nerved, varying from typically smooth to sometimes scabrous - pubescent, bidentate at the membranous apex; aivn twisted, divaricate, 7-8 mm. long inserted mm. below the apex; palea about 1 mm. shorter than its glume with the keels re- motely ciliate-pectinate. Type from Spain. Indigenous in the Mediterranean region of Europe and Africa, adventive fornia. We have only one specimen in the herbarium, collected by J. W. Congdon, posa, California. II
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