360 CLXxiii. GRAMINEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Bromus, 0. Stapf. 



Sect. III. Serrafalcus, ParL (Gen.) Annuals. 01. I 3-5- rarely 

 l-nerved; II 5-9-nerved; flg. gla. 7-9-nerved ; internodes of racbiUa 

 clavate above. 



* Fig. gh. all l-awned. Panicle compact^ rarely loose, bra?iches short 



6. B. BCoparius, Linn. Gent PL i. 6, Sp. PI 76; panicle very com- 

 pact oblong to obovate, spikelets densely fascicled about ^-^ in., flg. g^- 

 oblong obtuse, awn = the gl. at length spreadiag. Kunth Unum, ri.\* 

 420; Bory Exped. Moree, t.5; Sfeud. Syn. Gram. 318; Boiss. Fl. OrienU 

 V. 650. B. confertus, Bieh. FL Taur, Cauc. i. 71 ; Steud. I c. 324; Butlue 

 Grass. N.W. Ind. 42. B. chrysopogon, Viv. FL Lyh, Spec. 4, t. 2; MewJ- 

 I.e. 327. B. erectus, Moris Stirp. Sard. Blench, i. 50 {nan Euds). i>- 

 hurailis, Cav. Ic. vi. 65, t 589. ?B. rubens, Cav, I. c. t. 45 (nonLtnn.h 

 Serrafalcus scoparius, Pari Fl. Ital. \. 19. S. Cavanillesii, Willk. ec 

 Lange Prodr. Fl. Bhp. i. 101. 



Kashmir, alt. 5-6000 ft.. Falconer, Dwi/iie.— Distrib. Reg. Mediterr., Oru;n^ 

 Annual. Stems \~1^ ft., erect, slender, glabrous. Leaves 2-3^ in. "^ « '"j' 

 linear, acute, hairs scattered stiff; sheaths tight, glabrous, mouth hairy; I'g" 



short, truncate, toothed. Panicle 1-lf in., erect, compact; ruchis suiootD ; 



■ in. broaa, 



flatly concavo-convex or folded. 



7. B. mollis, Lin». Sp. PI. Ed. II. 112; panicle compact or loo^^^ 

 but contracted ovate to oblong branches distinct, spikelets i-J 1°- ^Ty^^r. 

 oblong or elliptic, awn about as long as the gl. straight. Host Cr*'^^'/^ -7.' 

 i. 16, 1. 19 ; Fl. Dan. t 1324 ; Engl. Bot. 1. 1078 ; Knapp Gram. BrtU.t. u* 

 Eeichb. Ic. Fl Germ. t. 74 ; Schreb. Beschr. Gram. t. 6, f. 1 ; iTwwM i^nw!"' 

 PI i. t. 413, ikippL 340; Steud, Stjn. Gram. 323 ; Ledeh. Fl ^^%.y^ 

 361 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 323 ; Boiss. FL Orient, v. 653 ; Duthie Grass. ^>. • 

 Ind. {Boyle 8 plant only) B. arenarius, Thomine Desm. in -J^^'"- ^', 

 Unn, Calv. (1824) 40 {non Labill). B. atticus, Steud. ex Nym. Cpnsp. ^^ 

 Syn. Oram. 321. B. conipactus, Bort ex Steud. Norn. Ed. II. i|- ^'^^V|n« 

 Perronii, Mabelli in Act Soe. Linn, Bord. xxv. (1864) 613. B. g'^^'^!' ;' 

 Tausch in Flora, xx. (1837) 126 {ex Boiss.) ; Steud. L c. 328. B. h<>r*l^"; ' 

 linn, Sp, PI 77. B. nanus, Wetg. Ohs, 8. B. patulus, Ihime ^^ ^^ 

 N.W. Ind. 42 {in part), B. simplicissimus, Cesati ex Nijm- Ic. 

 falcus mollis, Part Bar. PL Sic. ii. 16. S. Thomini, Hard. %n Longr- 

 Ft. Septr. I. (1833) 59. 



Nortu-West India, llerh. Royle (Introd, ?).— Distrib. Europe, N. A r., 

 Mln. 



Annual. Stems ^-3 ft., erect or ascending, villous to glabrous. ^^ 

 in., linear, acute, flaccid, subhirsute above, pubescent beneath; sheath 



leaves iH 



velrety 



*u., iiucar, acute, naccio, suonirsute ahove, pubescent oeneatn , °" . . 1^ in, 

 or softly hairy ; ligule very short, denticulate, glabrous or hairy. ^ ^^^ %jyiJcikt* 

 erect, rachis Lairy ; branches 3-6-nate, scabrid or softly pubescent, "^^j^jry 

 i-i in. broad, pale green, densely 5-12-fld., rachilla scaberulous ; gls. ^^?\\ in., 



to velvety, rarely glabrescent, nerves strong, tips and margins scarious ; 1 ^Tj? tic- 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute or mucronate, 5-nerved, midrib percurrent ; II i '"•' „ lobed, 

 oblong, 7-9-nerved ; %. gls. -^-J in., broadly subobovate, obtuse, sI^^YY obtusely 

 7-nerved ; awn subteriniual as lonu' or rather shorter than the gl- ; P"^*^** 



