1 66 Gramineae. 



BRACHYPO'DIUM SYLVAT'ICUM (105). Slender Wood Brome 



(1744) Grass. 6—^. Stem i — 2 ft., root fibrous, leaves broad hairy, spike- 

 lets I — 2 in. linear alternate distant, spike 2 — 6 in. drooping, awn 

 equalling the palea. 



Brachypo'dium pinna'tum (35). Spiked Heath Brome Grass. 7—8. 



(1745) Stem I — 2 ft., root creeping, leaves narrow rigid nearly smooth, spike- 

 lets |— 14 in., spike i — 6 in. erect, awn shorter than the Dalea. 



[G. {Cave Ha' Wood, Gigghswick Scar), C. CI. 



Xlll,— MILIUM. 



MIL'IUM EFFU'SUM (80). Spreading Millet Grass. 6. Stem 2—4 



(1648) ft. erect smooth, leaves *— ^ in. broad bright green, panicle 5 — 10 in. 



lax and very slender, branches capillary drooping in remote half- whorls 



bearing few I -flowered very small spikelets, empty glumes 2 equalling 



the flowering glumes, outer palea smooth awnless. Damp woods. 



XIV.—CALAMA GROSTIS. 



Spikelets numerous i -flowered, empty glumes lanceolate twice as long as 

 the silky-flowering-glume, inner palea small, outer palea awned. 



Spikelets in a crowded panicle, C. Epigeios. 



Spikelets in a loose panicle, C. lanceolata. 



CALAMAGROS'TIS EPIGEIOS (57). Wood Small-reed. 7—8. 



(1660) Stem 2 — 6 ft., panicle 4 — 12 in. purplish-brown, crowded much- 

 branched, outer palea with an awn inserted below the tip. Damp woods. 



Calamagros'tis lanceola'ta (38). Purple-flowered Small-reed. 6 — 7. 



(1661) Stem 3 — 4 ft. slender, panicle 2 — 6 in. with slender spreading whorled 

 branches, outer palea with a minute terminal awn enveloped in a 

 pencil of silky hairs longer than the palea. [G. {Langcliffe), CI. 



XV. —A RRHENA THER UM. 



ARRHENATHE'RUM ELA'TIOR (no). False Oat -grass. 6—7.' 

 (1684) Stem 3 — 4 ft. slender, leaves rough flat, panicle 6 — 12 in. loose with 

 slender branches, spikelets \ in. laterally compressed 2-flowered, stami- 

 nate floret with a long twisted kneed awn, perfect floret with a short 

 straight bristle. Fields and hedgerows, 



XVl.—HOLCUS. 



Panicle loose 2 — 5 in., spikelets compressed 2-flowered, lower floret per- 

 fect awnless, upper floret staminate with the exterior palea awned below the 

 apex. 



Awn of barren floret smooth except at the tip, . . H. lanatus. 



Awn of barren floret rough throughout, ... H. mollis. 



