180 



57. GK A:\J1NE.E. 



fruit, with 5 prominent nerves, the 2 next to the niicl-nervc 

 ahnost obsolete: awn stout, lirittle, nearly twice as long as 

 the flowering glume. 



Sandy land near the coast. — Sept. — Mediterranean 

 region. 



5. B. unioloideS) H. B. 



and K. I'taii ir-gniss. Perennial, 

 with stout, erect, glabrous stems; 

 leaves flat, rough on the upper 

 side, the sheaths of the lower 

 ones softly villous; ligule short, 

 torn ; panicle long, loose, pyra- 

 midal, erect or slightly drooping, 

 with long, rough, filiform bran- 

 ches; spikelets pale-green, very 

 flat, oblong-lanceolate, rough, 

 6-8-flowered ; lower empty glume 

 7-nerved, upper 9-nerved ; flower- 

 ing glume keeled, 2-toothed, 

 9-13 nerved, with a very short 

 straight awn ; palea about half 

 as long; ovary with 3 little 

 horns at summit, instead of being 

 merely notched as in the other 

 species of Sronius. S. Srh nidc li. 

 K until. 



Roadsides, pasture. — Oct. -Jan. 

 — North and South America. 



(j. B. mollis, L. Soft Bivinc. Annual, with sterns 

 naked and almost glabrous in the upper part; leaves and 

 sheaths softly villous; panicle light-green, oval or oblong, 

 erect, dense after flowering, 2-10 cm. (1-4 in.) long, with 

 branches shorter than the spikelets, the lattei- villou.'? or 

 glabrous, with o-ll closely overlapping flowers; lower eniptjy 

 glume 5-nerved, upper T-nei'ved ; flowering glume oboval, 

 7-nerved, notched, with a straight awn nearly as 

 long. 



Roadsides, pasture. — Oct. - Jan. — Eui'ope ; western 

 Asia. 



28. Hhiz.\, J.. 



Spikelets compressed laterally, with several spreading, 

 closely overlapping flowers; outei' glumes 2, subequal. boat- 

 shaped, 7-9-nervea; flowering glumes nieiiibranous, .shaped 

 like the outer ones, but cordate at base ; palea much smaller ; 

 grain almost circular. 



Panicle simple, drooping; spikelets large, 



few 7i. iiiitxiiiia 1 



Panicle compound, erect; spikelets small, 



numerous B. m in or 2 



Bromus unioloides. 



