GRAMINEZ: 193 
mose, glume awned; high, frequent. /. varia, Host. 
(including Fskza, Ram.); leaves long, thick, rigid, 
panicle expanded, spikelets larger, 4—8-flowered; high 
elevations in the South. 
&. Stem-leaves flat; ligules not lobed:—/F. J/aza, 
Host. ; panicle large, lax, lowermost leaves folded, ovary 
hairy at the apex; Carniola, Carinthia, rare. /. Scheuch- 
gert, Gaud. (pulchella, Schrad.); panicle lax, leaves 
linear, smooth, ovary glabrous at the apex ; high, frequent. 
F’, spectabilis, Jan.; panicle broad, nodding, leaves linear, 
rough, ovary hairy at the apex; alpine pastures in the 
South, rare. 
37. BROMUS, ..L. 
Spikelets in panicles, many-flowered ; flowering glumes 
convex ; ovary villous at the apex. Not alpine. 
The Swiss species which are also English fall under two 
groups, viz.:—(a.) Lower empty glume I-nerved, upper 
3-nerved (Festucotdes,C.and D.):—B. asper, Murr. (including 
serotinus, Ben., and ramosus, Huds.) ; erectus, Huds. ; and 
sterilis, L. (0.) Lower empty glume 3-5-nerved, upper 
5-many-nerved (Serrafalcus, Parl.):—B. mollis, L.; 
racemosus, L. (including commutatus, Schrad.); secalinus, 
L. (including velutinus, Schrad.); and arvenszs, L. 
The following are not British :—Sect. (a.) :—B. znermzs, 
Leyss. ; lowest empty glume not awned; very rare; Bale, 
Orbe. JB. tectorum, L.; panicle dense, drooping on one 
side, branches smooth; road-sides. Sect. (0.):—B. 
patulus, M. K.; and sguarrosus, L.; panicle much 
branched ; waste places, frequently introduced. Also B. 
transylvanicus, Steud.; panicle loose, lowest branches 
very long, leaves ciliate; meadows; Tirol, Carniola. 
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