Dr. Smith' j Ohfc mat ions on the Britijh Species ofBromus. 297 



B. flerilis, erecta panicula, major. Barrel* 1c. t. 76. f. 1. 



Fefluca avenacea flerilis, paniculis confertis erectioribus, ariflis 



brevioribus. Raii Syn. ed. 2. 261. FluL Bhyt. t. 299. f. 2. 



Herb. Sherard. 

 F. avenacea flerilis, pediculis brevioribus et fpicis ere&is. Morif. 



V. 3. 212. n. 13. — et F. graminea annua, fpicis erc&is. E/ufd. 



Seel. 8. /. y.f. 13. Herb. Bobart. 

 Gramen bromoides pumilum, locuftis erecYis, majoribus ariftatis. 



Scheuchz. Agr. 260. Sent by Scheuchzer himfelf to Sherard. 



In arenofis et ad muros paflim. FI. Junio. 



Common on the fandy grounds in Jerfey. Sherard. At the 

 foot of St. Vincent's rock, Briflol, on the farther part near the 

 meadows. Sir J. Banks, Bart. Near Batterfea. Curtis. 



Radix annua, fibrofa, parva. Culmi pedales vel fefquipedales, cre£li r 

 jftricti, graciles, teretes, flriati, glabri, foliofi, geniculis plerumque 

 tribus. Folia praecedentis, at minus pubefcentia, faepe omnino 

 glabra. Vagina nervofa?, fubcarinatas, fazpius glabrae, quandoque 

 pilofae, pilis deflexis. Stipula brevis, erofa. Panicula vix triunci- 

 alis, erecla, fafligiata; ramis ternis, quaternis, quinifve, fcabriul- 

 culis, plerumque fimplicibus, brevibus, unifloris, folo fertiliore 

 tantiim elongatis et ramofis, femper tamen erecYis vel erecliufcu- 

 lis, nunquam pendulis. Spicules lineari-lanceolatae, ereclae, faepius 

 fufcefcentes, fcabrse. Fiofculi praecedentis, fed diandri, minufque 

 argute nervofi, nervis duobus lateralibus approximatis praxipue 

 confpicuis. 



The efTential character of this fpecies confifts in its flower-ftalks 



being fhort and ere&, leaves almoft fmooth, glumes much lefs 



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