. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 19 pilose-pubescent to nearly smooth, about 5-15 cm. long and 3-5 mm. broad. Pnnidf contracted, narrow-pyramidal, 5-10 cm. long by 2-4 cm. broad; branches somewhat spreading in flower. Spikelets 5-13-flowered, ovate-lanceolate, becom- ing obtuse, 12-15 mm. long by 4-6 mm. wide, with short pedicels; empty glumes l)road, obtuse, coam'lij pilose or scabrous-pubescent, the lower 3-5-nerved, 4-6 mm. long, the upper 5-7-nerved, 7-8 mm. long; flowering glume broad, obtuse, 7-nerved, coarsely pilose or scabrous-pubescent, rather d
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 19 pilose-pubescent to nearly smooth, about 5-15 cm. long and 3-5 mm. broad. Pnnidf contracted, narrow-pyramidal, 5-10 cm. long by 2-4 cm. broad; branches somewhat spreading in flower. Spikelets 5-13-flowered, ovate-lanceolate, becom- ing obtuse, 12-15 mm. long by 4-6 mm. wide, with short pedicels; empty glumes l)road, obtuse, coam'lij pilose or scabrous-pubescent, the lower 3-5-nerved, 4-6 mm. long, the upper 5-7-nerved, 7-8 mm. long; flowering glume broad, obtuse, 7-nerved, coarsely pilose or scabrous-pubescent, rather deeply bidentate, margin and apex hyaline, 8-9 mm. long; awn rather stout, rough, flattened toward the base, straight at first, frequently somevliat twisted when old, about 6-9 mm. long; palea a little more than | the length of its glume. A species native in southern Europe, intro- duced into this country, where it is very abundant on the Pacific coast, having taken possession of vast areas of the deteriorated semiarid range lands. It is also found sparingly on the Atlantic coast from Maine to Virginia. Specimens examined.—Maine: N. Berwick (J. C. Parlin 567). New York: Aurora (F. V. Coville in 1885). Penns(//ram«.-Phil- adelphia (I. C. Martindale 13 and 14). Delaware: Centerville (A. Commons ). Ohio: Oberlin (A. E. Ricksecker 1895). Montana: Garrison (P. A. Rydberg 2126). rtah: Ogden (T. A. Williams 2495). Idaho: Clear Water River (Sandberg, Heller, McDougal 167). Washingtou: Walla Walla (C. L. Shear 1585; E. P. Sheldon 8140); Tacoma (A. B. Leckenby in 1898); Cascade Mts. (G. R. Vasey iii 1889; Sandberg & Leiberg 172); Seattle (C. V. Piper 796). Oregon: Lexington (J. B. Leiberg 10). (''difor)tia: fian Fvru- cisco (M. E. Jones 3270); Marin Co. (Dr. E. Palmer 2032, 2033); Berkeley (J. W. Blankinship 64); Santa Cruz (Dr. Ander- son in 1887); INIorley Station (J. B. Davy 1894); San Jose (H. A. Brainard in 1896); Pitt River (H. E. Brown 224); Mt. Shasta (H. E. Brown 374b)
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