126 GRAMINE/^ 



Eragrostis amabilis IV.& A. ; Vol. I p. 463. Variable 

 in size and the number of its spikelets, the panicle con- 

 taining as few as 3 or as many as 20. Spikelets pinkish 

 to dark purple, flat. Common in gardens and in short 

 grass, t. 572. 



Eragrostis willdcnoviana Nees ; F.B.I, vii 322, CIV 

 18. Stem 4 to 18 inches slender. Leaves short flat. 

 Panicle I to 3 inches. Spikelets olive grey or greenish, 

 ^ to J4 inch long, very narrow, t. 573. 



Eragrostis tcnuifolia Hochst ; Vol. I p. 463. t. 574. 



Eragrostis nigra Nees; Vol. I p. 464. Spikelets % by 

 % inch, olive grey, the two lowest glumes as long or 

 longer than the others, and acute, t. 575. 



BRIZA. 

 Briza media Linn ; Vol. I p. 464. t. 576. 

 Briza major Linn ; Job's tears, t. 577, 578. 

 A garden plant, occasionally established as an 

 escape. 



POA. 



Poa annua Linn ; Vol. I p. 465- t. 579. 



BROMUS. 



See Vol. I p. 465. 



FESTUCA. 



Perennial grasses with flat, rolled or narrow leaves 

 and open or narrow panicles of many flowered spikelets. 

 Flowering glumes rounded on the back, keeled towards 

 the tip only. 



Festuca bromoides L. An introduction from Europe. 

 t, 580. 



BRACHYPODIUM. 



See Vol. I p. 466. 



