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rare, Hopk. Fields Angus-shire, G. Don. Between Glasg. and 

 Frankficld Loch, D. Don., and Hopk. MSS. under the name of 

 Br. pratensis. CaroHne Park, Edinb., Mr. Arnott and Mr. Greville. 

 Fl. June, July. Q. (S , Schrad.) 

 Scarcely different from the preceding but in the glabrous spikelets, 

 and less pubescent leaves. The excellent Schrader quotes as a syn- 

 onym to this the Br. pratensis of Ehrh. ; and 1 can see no difference 

 in the Br. pratensis of Sm. (£. B. t. 920), except that the plant is 

 more pubescent, and the spikelets somewhat narrower. 



6. Br. sqiiarrosus {Corri Brome-grass), panicle drooping, pe- 

 duncles simple, spikelets ovato-lanceolate subcompressed, flo- 

 rets nearly glabrous imbricated depressed, awn divaricating, 

 leaves pubescent. E. B. t. 1885. 



Hab. Various parts of Scotland, G.Don. FZ. June, July. 0. 



A very distinct species, remarkable for its divaricating awn, and very 

 small inner valves of the cor. I think the late Mr. G. Don was too 

 accurate a botanist to confound this with any other Brumus: but 

 I must observe that upon the continent it is confined to the more 

 southern parts ; and Smith doubts if it be a native of England at all. 



7. BT.arvensis {tapering Field Biome-gruss), panicle spreading 

 (at length drooping), peduncles branched, spikelets lanceolate 

 compressed, florets imbricated depressed glabrous about as 

 long as the straight awn, leaves hairy. Light/, p. 104. E. B. 

 t. 1984. 



Hab. Grass- and corn-fields, not uncommon. Between Dalbeth and 

 Clyde Ironworks, and about Cathcart, with Br. mollis, Hopk. MSS. 

 Fl. June, July. O . 



Two to three feet high. Distinguished by its rather large, but slen- 

 der, at length drooping panicle, and spikelets which have mostly 

 a purplish tinge. Lightfoot speaks of a starved var. growing upon 

 the sea-shore at Oronsay, with convolute leaves and awnless flow- 

 ers, such as is figured in Fl. Dan. t. 1293. 



8. Br. erectus {upright Brome-grass), panicle erect, spikelets 

 linear-lanceolate compressed, florets subcylindiical remote 

 glabrous longer than the straight awn, radical leaves very nar- 

 row ciliated. E. B. t.47\. 



Hab. King's Park, Edinb., Mr. G. Anderson. Fl. July. 1/ . 



Two to three feet high. This, as weU as Br. sijlvaticus, (both of which 



have the habit of Festucce,) is truly perennial. The radical leaves 



are narrow ; the spikelets erect. 



9. Br. asper (hairy pVood Brome-grass), panicle branched droop- 

 ing, spikelets linear-lanceolate compressed, florets remote sub- 

 cylindrical hairy longer than the straight awn, leaves uniform 

 the lower ones hairy. Light/, p. 1087 {Br. racemosus). 

 E.B.i. 1)72. 



Hab. Auchenbraith Linn., N. side of the water of Ea, near the church 

 of Kirkmichael, Dr. Burgess. Moist woods, common, Hopk. FL 

 June, July. © or ^ (Sm.). {11 , Schrad.) 

 Four to six feet high. Leaves broad. 



