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places. — Oct. -Nov. 



1. Bromus maximus, L. Great Brome. Erect 

 annual, with .stiff, downy stem.s helow the panicle and 

 villnn.s leaves rough on the edges ; panicle rather loose 

 with long downy hranches ; spikelets 6-10 cm. (2^-4 in.) long, 

 inchiding awns, very rough, with 6-10 divergent flowers ; 

 flowering glume lanceolate, with 7 prominent nerves and 

 an awn twice it.s length ; palea scarcely more than half as 

 long as the flowering glume. 



AVaste and cultivated places; rare. — Oct. -Nov. — Europe; 

 temperate Asia. 



2. S. Sterilis, L. Baimi Broinc Annual, Avith 

 stems glabrous or almost .so below the panicle ; leaves vil- 

 lous : panicle long, very loose, drooping in fruit and be- 

 come purpli.sh, with long, rough branches; spikelets 5-8 

 cm. C2-S in.) long, including awns, very rough, finally droop- 

 ing, with 6-8 divergent flowers ; flowering glume lanceo- 

 late, with 7 prominent nerves and an awn nearlj' twice 

 its length. 



Roadsides; waste and cultivated 

 Europe ; temperate Asia. 



3. B. madritensis, L. 



M<i(hiil Broiiic. Aiiniuil, with 

 slender ,stems, glabrous or almost 

 so ; leaves nari'ow, downy or 

 almost glabrous, rathe i- rough : ^-sX 

 panicle becoming purplish, rather x;;-^^^ 

 erect and dense, with short, 

 .spi-eading-erect branches ; .spike- 

 lets 3-0 cm. (I5-2 in.) long, in- 

 cluding awn.s, rough, erect, with 

 7-12 divergent flowers; flowering 

 glume narrow-lanceolate, faintly 

 7-nerved, with a slender awn a 

 little longer than it ; palea al- 

 mo.st as long as flowering glume. 

 Resembles the preceding when in 

 flower, but is .smaller in all its 

 parts. 



Common on roadsides and 

 cultivated land. — Oct. - Nov. — 

 ^lediterranean region, and as 

 far north as the English 

 Channel. 



4. B. rubens, L. Annual. B'-°'^"« madritensis. 

 with stout, stiff, downy stems; 



leaves villous; panicle at first dense, finally rather loo.se, 

 drooping, and purplish-brown, with downy, rather short 

 branches; spikelets 4-6 cm. (1t\-2J in.) long, including awns, 

 with 0-8 divergent flowers ; flowering glume swollen in 



