GRAMINE^. 193 



mose, glume awned ; high, frequent. F. varia^ Host, 

 (including Eskza, Ram.) ; leaves long, thick, rigid, 

 panicle expanded, spikelets larger, 4-8-flowered ; high 

 elevations in the South. 



E. Stem-leaves flat ; ligules not lobed : — F. laxa, 

 Host. ; panicle large, lax, lowermost leaves folded, ovary- 

 hairy at the apex ; Carniola, Carinthia, rare. F. Scheuch- 

 zeri, Gaud, {pulchella, Schrad.) ; panicle lax, leaves 

 linear, smooth, ovary glabrous at the apex ; high, frequent. 

 F. spectabtlisj 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 

 '^-neTw&d{Festucoides, C. and D.): — B. asper^ Murr. (including 

 serott?tuSj Ben., and ramosus, Huds.) ; erectus, Huds. ; and 

 sterilis, L. (b.) Lower empty glume 3-5 -nerved, upper 

 5 -many -nerved {SerrafalcuSj Pari.): — B. mollis, L. ; 

 racemosusy L. {moSMdXn^ conimutatus, Schrad.); secalhus, 

 L. (including velutinus, Schrad.) ; and arveiisis, L. 



The following are not British : — Sect, [a.) : — B. znermzs, 



Leyss. ; lowest empty glume not awned ; very rare ; Bale, 



Orbe. B. Uclorum, L. ; panicle dense, drooping on one 



side, branches smooth ; road - sides. Sect, (d.) : — B. 



palulus, M. K. ; and squarrosus^ 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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