TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Broiiius. 159 



appear by cultivation, but the wool-like hairs continue on the 

 stem. Spikes, Calyx and Bloss. similar to the F. pinnata, but 

 more hairy, and the awns long as or longer than the blossom. 

 Fest. p'mnata fi. Huds. Wood Fescue. [ Woods and hedges, 



Worcest. St. Among the Limestone rubbish at the bottom of 

 Scars in Westmoreland, Mr. Gough.J P. July* 



BRO'MUS. Calyx 2-valved; spikets oblong, cy- 

 lindrical, 2~rowed: aw?i beneath the point, 



B. Panicle exDandimr : soikets e<r£*-shaDcd awns straight. 



polymor 7 - 



Var. 1 . mollis. Panicle rather upright : leaves very soft and phus. 

 woolly : awn about the length of the blossom. 



Gram. pasc.-Schreb. 6. 1. 2-Curt. 1. 3-Lecrs. 11. 1- 

 Scheuch. 5. 12-//. ox. viii. 7. IS-^ffeig. l t 4-Barr m 

 83. 1. 



We have 2 sorts of this soft and hairy Bromus, in the one 

 the panicle branches are downy, supporting 1 or 2, but rarely 3 

 spikets, the spikets have each 10 or 12 florets; the calyx larger 

 valve has a short awn, and both the calyx and blossom are hairy 

 and strongly ribbed. 



In the other, the panicle branches are rough, not downy, sup- . 

 porting but 1 , rarely 2 spikets, the spikets have each 6 or 8 florets, 

 the calyx larger valve is scarcely awned, the calyx is ribbed and 

 hairy, but the blossom smooth. This is the kind expressed by 

 most of the figures. 



The former is mostly found growing in cornfields, though 

 sometimes in mowing grass ; the latter in meadows, pastures, 

 hedge banks, and even on walls. May, June.* 



Soft Brome-grass. Lob-grass. Oat-grass. 



Var. 2. secallnus. Panicle expanding, husks naked, seeds dis- 

 tinct, awns shorter than the blossom, not quite straight. 



Leers 11. 2-H. ox. viii. J. \6-$cbcucb. 5. $-Weig. I. 2-C. 

 B. th. 143. 



Leaves slightly hairy, and roughish. Panicle branches rough, 

 not hairy, supporting 1 spiket. Spiket 6 to 10-flowered. Calyx 

 ribbed, scarcely awned. B/oss* very strong and woody, not 

 hairy, not distinctly ribbed. Awn rather shorter than the 

 blossom. 



Field Brome-grass. Cornfields. [On the sea coast at Ride in 

 the Isle of Wight.] A. May, June. 



Its merit or demerit in an agricultural view, docs not seem suffici- 

 ently ascertained. Mr. Swayhi says it is disliked by farmers as being in 

 cornfields a troublesome weed, and in pastures and mowing grounds of 

 ilttie value, since it has generally shed its seed by the time of mowing, 

 and produces very few root- leaves. 







