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163 TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Bromus. 



Var. 3. hordeaceus. Panicle compact, upright. 



Panicle pointing one way. Branches rough, I spiketon each. 

 Spiket ()-flowered. CaL ribbed, awnless. BIoss. not ribbed, smooth. 

 Awn nearly as long as the blossom, not quite straight. 



Dry places : sometimes in meadows. A. May, June, 



Var. 4. smooth -husked. Lower leaves somewhat hairy, panicle 

 . smoothish. 



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H. ox. viii, 7. 19. 



Panicle branches rough, supporting 1 or 2 spikets. Spikets 

 with 7 to 9 florets. Calyx ribbed, awnless. Bloss. ribbed. Awn 

 the length of the blossom, not quite straight. 



The above plants are arranged under the trivial name poly- • 

 morphus, given to them by Scopoli and Hudson, but perhaps 

 further enquiries may lead to a better disposition of them, though 

 Mr. Afzelius assures me that the Bromus secalinus, ,Q hordeaceus, 

 and racemosus are the same plant in the Linnsean Herbariunij 

 and that they are all varieties of the Bromus mollis. 



sqarro'sus. B. Panicle drooping; spikets egg-shaped ; awns straddling. 



Linn. Panicle unbranched. Huds. 



Barr. 24. l-Scheuch. 5. \l-Mont. 32. 



Panicle nodding. Spikets smooth, egg-shaped, each on a little 

 pedicle, thread-shaped, but thicker towards the top. Awns strad- 

 dling. Linn. 



Open-awned Bromt-grass. Cornfields near Glastenbury, So- 

 mersetshire, and Marshfield, Sussex. Huds. A. July* - 



This is inserted on the authority of Mr. Hudson, but I have 

 never seen a native specimen. 



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erectus. B. Panicle upright; ending abruptly: spikets oblong, 



hair) 7 , awned, about 5 florets in each ; straws straight; 

 leaves hard. 



£. lot. 471-VailL 18. Q-Scheuch. 5. 13. 



Awns a continuation of the keel of the blossom, thus forming 

 the connecting link between this genus and Festuca. Woodw. 

 Panicle branches each supporting a single spiket. Spikets slen- 

 der, 5 to 7 -flowered. Calyx somewhat hairy, ribbed, keeled, 

 slender pointed, but not awned. Bloss. with a large knot at the 

 base, hairy, outer valve ribbed and keeled. Awn shorter than the 

 blossom. Anthers deep saffron colour. 



Cornfields.— [Ditchley Park. Mr. Woodward. — In pasture 

 ground near Short Wood, Pucklechurch. Mr. Swaynb.] 



Var. 2. smooth. Spikets smooth, from 5 to 8-flowereaj 

 awns straight, short : lower part of the panicle drooping* 



