1.1 TRIANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Bromus. 



but otherwise erect and close ; its branches hulf-whorled ; the 

 uppermost simple ; some of the rest more or less subdivided ; 

 all angular and downy. Spikelets numerous, nearly erect in 

 every stage of growth, ovate, acute, rather tumid. Glumes 

 downy in every part, except occasionally fit the base j those ot 

 the calyx elliptical, acute ; the larger with 5 or 7 strong ribs, 

 sometimes more ; the smaller with 3. Fiords 7 — 10, rarely 

 fewer, closely imbricated in every state, elliptical, concave and 

 depressed, not at all cylindrical ; the outer valve with 7 strong 

 ribs, membranous at the margin, blunt and deeply cloven at the 

 extremity, with a strong straight awn continued from the midrib, 

 and about the length of the glume. Styles distant. Seed large, 

 elliptical, depressed, nearly flat, united with both valves of the 

 corolla, the inner one being obovate, entire, strongly fringed. 

 This grass makes a part of the general crops of hard-land hay, but 

 according to Mr. Sinclair, its crop of herbage is small and of 

 little value. 



4. B. racemosus. Smooth Brome-grass. 



Panicle nearly erect, spreading, slightly branched. Spike- 

 lets ovate-oblong, naked. Florets imbricated, depressed, 

 ribbed. Awns as long as the glumes. Leaves some- 

 what downy. 



B. racemosus. Linn. Sp. PL 114. mild. v. 1 . 436. Fl. Br. 128. 



Engl Bot. v. 15.*. 1079. Tr. of Linn. Soc.vA. 286. Knapp t. 78. 



Hook. Scot.4\. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 352. 

 B. pratensis. Ehrh. Calam. 116. Engl. Bot. 1984, at the bottom. 



Comp. 19. 

 B.arvensis. Knapp t. 82. Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 18. 5. Engl. Bot. 



v. 13. t. 920, excluding the synonyms. Sincl. 55. 

 Festuca avenacea, spicis strigosioribus, e glumis glabris compactis. 



Ra'u Syn. 414. Buddie's Herbarium. 

 Gramen avenaceum pratense, gluma tenuiore glabra. Moris, v. 3. 



213. sect. 8. t. 7-f. 19. Bobart's Herbarium. Dill, in Raii Syn t 



414. 

 G. avenaceum hirsutum annuum, panicula ampliore, magisque 



sparsa, locustis crassioribus glabris et aristatis. Till. Pis. 74. 



Sherard's Herb, from the author. 

 G. loliaceum alpinum, spica exili, rarioribus locustis. Ponted. 



Comp. 46. Herb. Sherard. 



In meadows and pastures. 



At Holkham, Norfolk. Mr. Crowe. Earsham, Norfolk. Mr. Wood- 

 ward. Boy ton, Wilts. Mr. Lambert. Also at Battersea, and 

 in various other parts of Britain. 



Annual, or Biennial. June. 



A very distinct species from the preceding, more slender in habit, 

 and much less downy, not at all soft to the touch. The panicle 



