590 GRAMINACEAE 



Herbarium, is hairy so that if a variety is formed it should be var. 

 glabrescensj Druce in Bot, Exch. Club Rep. (1892} 393. 

 B. eredus is found in all the bordering counties. 



[B. madritensis, Linn. Anioen. Acad. iv. 265 (1759), and of Herb. 



B. ciliatiis, Huds. Fl. Angl. 40 (1762). B. mnralis, Huds. Fl. Angl. 150 (1778). 

 B. diandrus, Curt. Fl. Lend. vi. t. 5. Syme, E. B. xi. 160, t. 1797. 



Is recorded on old, and probably incorrect, authority for Oxfordshire, and 

 it is found in Surrey, Wilts, and maritime Hampshire.] 



**B. TECTORUM, Linn. Sp. PI. jj (1753), and Herb. 

 Comp. Cyb. Br. 596. Nyman, 821. 



Casual. Waste places. Very rare. Grandpont. Didcot. 

 It has been found in Oxfordshire and Hampshire. 



**B. sQCARRosus, Linn. Sp. PI. 76 (1753), and Herb. 

 Comp. Cyb. Br. 597. Nyman, 824. Parnell, Grasses Brit. 280, t. 128. 

 Casual. A few plants were found near Wytham Mill, and a solitary specimen 

 by the river near Folly Bridge. 



*B. PATCLus, Mert. & Koch, in Roehl. Deutsch. Fl. i. 685. Parnell, Grasses 



Brit. 278, t. 127. 

 Casual. By the riverside between Oxford and Iffley in 1892. ' 



B. sterilis, Linn. Sp. PI. 77 (1753), and Herb. Barren Brome Grass. 



Bromos sterilis, Ger. Em. 76. 

 Top. Bot. 498. Syme, E. B. xi. 163, 1. 1799. Nyman, 821. Fl.Oxf. 344. 

 Native. Viatical. Agrestal. Waysides, wall-tops, waste and culti- 

 vated ground. Very common. A. June -August. 

 First record. B. sterilis, Dr. Noehden, Mavor in Agr. Berks, 1809. 



This grass is a prominent feature in many of our cultivated and 

 fallow fields, and is too generally distributed to need localities being 

 given. Probably a condensed form was mistaken for B. madritensis in 

 Oxfordshire. 



B. sterilis occurs in all the bordering counties. 



*B. secalinus, Linn. Sp. PI. 76 (1753"), and Herb. Bye Brome Grass. 

 Serrafalcus secalinus, Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. 374 (1843). 



Top. Bot. 499. Syme, E. B. xi. 165, t. 1800. Nyman, 822. Fl. Oxf. 345. 

 E. B. t. 1 171, good figure, but panicle too long. Parnell, Grasses 

 Scot. t. 49, and Gr. Brit. t. 121-3. 



Colonist. Agrestal. Cornfields, pastures, waste places. Not un- 

 common, but rather sporadically scattered over the county. A. 

 May-July. 



First record. Mr. Winkfield in Herb. Oxf. about 1805. 



1. Isis. Near Wytham Mill. 



2. Ock. Little Wittenham, W. Cozen. Ferry Hinksey. Didcot. 



Upton. 



3. Pang. Bucklebury. East Ilsley. Tilehurst. 



4. Kennet. Mortimer, Tvfnail. Newbury. Silchester. 



