302 Dr. Smith'x Qbfirvations on the Britj/h Specks of Bromus* 



Radix perennis, fibrofa, fubrepens. Culmus fefquipedalis vel bipe- 

 dalis, ereftus, fimplex, teres, foliofus, glaberrimus, apice rectus 

 et rigens, parumque attenuatus. Folia erectiufcula, lanceolate, 

 acuminata, rigidula, ftriata, nervofa, fcabra, faepius nuda, rariiis 

 fupra pilofa. Vagina ftriclae, ftriatse, glaberrimae. Stipula brevis, 

 obtufa, ciliata. Spica fimplex, erecla, longitudine varia, rachi 

 fubfiexuosa, ftriata, angulis fcabra, hinc complanata. Spicule 

 6 ad 10, alternae, fefliles, diftichse nee fecundae, eredse, lineari- 

 lanceolatas, pubefcentes. Gluma calycincz parum insequales, 

 lanceolatse vel fubovatse, fubariftatae, multinervofse, margineque 

 praecipue hirtas. Flo/cult 6 ad 12, vel etiam plures, arete imbri- 

 cati, fubcylindrici, apicem versus praecipue nervofi atque hirti. 

 Anjia terminalis, glumis plerumque brevior, quandoque etiam 

 breviflima, fubulata, fcabra. Gluma interior retufa, fetis erectis 

 ciliata ut in praecedente.. 



This has been united, by many Botanifts^with the I a ft, to which 

 it is certainly nearly allied; but there are feveral points of difference 

 which feem to keep them diftinct. Thefe are the erect diftichous 

 fpike, the firmer habit, lefs hairy leaves, and- fhort awns of 

 B. pnnatus. 



XXIV. Some 



