588 GRAMINACEAE 



Not uncommon by our riversides and in wet meadows. 



1. Isis. Near Lechlade. Buscot. Radcot. Appleton. Longworth. 

 Wytham. 2. Ock. Kennington. Abingdon. Sutton Courtney. 

 Wittenham. Kingston Bagpuze. 3. Pang. Moulsford. 



Tilehurst. 4. Kennet. Midgham. Theale. Southcote, 



5. Loddon. Sonning. Wargrave. Hurley. Cookham. Bray. 

 F. arundinacea is found in all the bordering counties. 



BROMUS, Linn. Gen. n. 83 (Mont. 32). 

 B. g-iganteus, Linn. Sp. PI. 77 (1753), and Herb. Tall Brome Grass. 



Festiica gigantea, Vill. Hist. PI. Dauph. ii. no (1787). Buceticm 

 giganteum, Parnell, Grasses Scot. t. 47, 108. 

 Top. Bot. 498. Syme, E. B. xi. 155, t. 1793. Nyman, 824. Fl.Oxf. 347. 

 Native. Septal. Sylvestral. Shady hedge-banks, woods, &c. Common 



and generally distributed in suitable situations. P. July-Aug. 

 First record. Near Oxford, Sir Jos. Banks, 1760, in Herb. Brit. Mus. 

 B. giganteus, BusseU's Cat. 1839. Festuca gigantea, Bisham Wood, 

 Mr. G. G. Mill in Phyt. i. 995, 1843. 

 Var. TRIFLORUS (Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 115 (1762), as a species). Festuca 

 tri/lora, Sm. E. B. t. 1918. Syme, E. B. xi. 155, t. 1794. 



1. Isis. Near Cumnor. 2. Ock. South Hinksey. Radley. 



3. Pang. Tilehui'st. 4. Kennet. Aldermaston. 5. Loddon. 



Shottesbrooke. 



Bromus giganteus is an adornment of many of our old hedgerows on 



a moist soil, from its gracefully curved flowering stem and open 



panicles. 



It is found in all the bordering counties. 



B. ramosus, Huds. Fl. Angl. 40 (1762), and of Linn. MS., but not of 



Linnaeus Mantissa. 

 B. asper, Murray, Prod. Stirp. Gotting. 42 ? and auct. angl. B. Mr- 



suius, Curt. Fl. Lond. ii. t. 8 (1776). 

 Top. Bot. 498. Syme, E. B. xi. 156, 1. 1795. Nyman, 821-822. Fl. Oxf. 344 

 Native. Septal. Sylvestral. Woods, copses, hedges, and shady places. 



A handsome species which is abundant in some localities and 



found in all the woodland tracts of the county. P. May- Aug. 

 First record. Festuca graminea perennis hirsuta, gluma longiore clumetorum, 



spica divisa. In Godstow Copse near Oxford, Mr. Bobart in Ray, 



Srjn. 235, 1690. B. asper, Russell's Cat. 1839. Sunninghill, Sir Jos. 



Banks in Herb. Brit. Mus. 1773, and Bisham Wood, Mr. G. G. Mill in 



Phyt. 995, 1843. 

 The copse at Godstow is just within the Oxfordshire boundary, but 

 Bromus ramosus is common in the vicinity, and is especially plentiful 

 and luxviriant in Wytham Woods. 



