310 GRAMINEjE. [Bromus. 



much resembling the last, have their outer valve more acute. — An ex- 

 cellent meadow-grass. 



10. F. elatior, Linn. Tall Fescue-grass. Panicle patent, 

 very much branched; spikelets ovato-lanceolate, many-flowered; 

 florets cylindrical, subaristate ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; root 

 creeping. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 50. E. Fl. v. i. p. 148. E. Bot. 

 t. 1593. — Schedonorus, Lindl. 



Moist banks and meadows, not uncommon. Fl. June, Jul}'. %. — 

 Three to five feet high. Leaves twice the size of F. pratensis ; from 

 which it further differs in having a much more branched and drooping 

 panicle, which spreads nearly in every direction, with ovate, acute, less 

 compressed spikelets. 



20. Bromus. Linn. Brome-grass. 



Panicle lax. Calyx of two valves, many-flowered. Corolla 

 of two lanceolate valves ; exterior one awned below the bifid 

 extremity. (Inner valve generally fringed at the folds. 

 Sm.) — Named from fipwfios, given by the Greeks to a kind 

 of oat, and that again from fipwpa, food. 



Triandria. Digynia. 



1. B. giganteus, Vill. Tall Brome-grass. Panicle branched, 

 drooping towards one side; spikelets lanceolate, compressed; 

 florets shorter than the awn ; leaves linear-lanceolate, ribbed. 

 Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. bQ.—Festuca gigantea, E. Bot. t. 1820. E. FL 

 v. i. p. 144. 



Shady woods and moist hedges, frequent. Fl. July — Aug. %. — 

 Three to four feet high, with broad leaves, having the habit and essen- 

 tial character of Bromus, but sometimes arranged by authors with 

 Festuca. Panicle large. Spikelets with three to six florets. Calyx- 

 valves very unequal, larger ones with three ribs. Outer valve of co- 

 rolla lanceolate, obscurely ribbed, nearly glabrous, membranous at the 

 edge upward. Awn very long, inserted a little below the bifid point. 



2. B. asper, Linn. Hairy Wood Brome-grass. Panicle branched, 

 drooping ; spikelets linear-lanceolate, compressed ; florets re- 

 mote, subcylindrical, hairy, longer than the straight awn ; leaves 

 uniform, the lower ones hairy. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 51. E. FL v. i. 

 p. 158. E. Bot. t. 1172. 



Moist woods and hedges, frequent. Fl. June, July. © or $ . — 

 Four to six feet high. Leaves broad. Panicle large, spreading. 



3. B. sterilis, Linn. Barren Brome-grass. Panicle drooping, 

 slightly branched; spikelets linear-lanceolate; florets remote, 

 subcylindrical, scabrous, shorter than the straight awn ; leaves 

 pubescent. Br. FL ed. 3. p. 51. E. FL v. i. p. 159. E. Bot. 

 t. 1030. 



Waste ground, fields, and hedges, common. Fl. June, July. ©. — 

 Two feet high. Remarkable for its long, narrow, much awned and 

 drooping spikelets. 



