LOLIUM 597 



spikelets, has been noted at Abingdon by ihe author in Rep. ofBot. Exch. 

 Club, 1892, at Cumnor, "Wytham, Tubney, &c. 



Var. coBNicuLATTTM (Bromus cornmdatus, Lam. FI. Fr. iii. 6o8\ with 

 spikelets divaricate and recurved, occurs at Cumnor, &c. 



A small slender form with shorter spikelets and rather longer awns 

 is Triticum pinnatum, var. gracile, Parnell, Grasses Brit. 292, t. 133. 



B. pinnatum is recorded from all the bordering counties. 



LOLTUM, Linn. Gen. n. 90. 



Ii. perenne, Linn. Sp. PI. 83 (i753\ and Herb. Rye Grass. 



L. rubrum, Ger. Em. 78. 

 Top. Bot. 504. Syme, E. B. xi. 185. t. 1814. Nyman, 845. Fl. Oxf. 354. 

 Native. Pascual. Pastures, roadsides, cultivated ground, &c. Abundant. 



P. June-August. 

 First record. Frequently sown with clover. Comes early, not very 

 nutritious as hay, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. Var. 7 [with compound 

 spike] and var. S [with short, broad, egg-shaped, close spike] of 

 Sir J. E. Smith, are occasionally found about Oxford, Baxt. Phaen. 

 Bot. 116, 1835. L. perenne is a very variable grass. 



Var. TENUE (Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 122 (1762), and Herb, as a species), 

 which Syme considers to be a starved state rather than a true variety, 

 but which Baxter says is constant under cultivation and of annual 

 duration, see Phaen. Bot. 116, has been noted at Faringdon, Wytham, 

 Hinksey, Wantage, Marcham, Moulsford, Tilehurst, Sulhampstead, 

 Twyford, Sonning, Bray, Windsor, &c. 



Var. coMPRESSUM, Sibth. Fl. Oxon. 50 (1794% is a monstrosity, in 

 which the rachis is shortened with widely diverging spikelets, form- 

 ing a flattened spike, and has occurred at Hinksey, Radley, Streatley, 

 Windsor, &c. 



Var. coMPOsrruM, Sm. Fl. Brit. i. 343, with a very compound spike, 

 especially towards the base, has been noted at Didcot, Wytham, 

 Abingdon, Bray, Newbury, &e. 



At Wytham I gathered an anomalous form, in which the upper 

 florets of each spikelet are represented by small secondary spikelets. 



Var. PURPURASCENS, S. F. Gray, Nat. Arr. ii. 93, is only a form in 

 which the inflorescence is of a reddish-brown colour, and which is 

 rather frequent in dry sunny places. 



L. perenne is a common plant in all the bordering counties. 



*Ii. MULTiFLOEUM, Lam. Fl. Fr. iii. 621 (1778). 



Comp. Cyb. Br. 597. Nyman, 844. 



Alien. Agrestal. Cultivated fields. Not infrequent. A. or B. June-July. 



First record. Near Maidenhead, Mr. G. G. Mill, in Phyt. i. 995, 1843. 



1. Isis. Near Wytham Mill. 



2. Ock. Didcot. On waste ground near Grandpont. Near Upton. 



3. Pang. Bucklebury. East Ilsley. Purley. Basildon. 



