304 The Flora of Wiltshire. 



branches of the panicle being rough and hairy. Spihelets ovate or 

 oblong, darkish green, variegated witl} the lighter hued or whitish 

 margins of the palese, 8 or 10-flowered. Many variations are 

 presented by this most common of the British Brome-grasses. 



[8. B. arvensis (Linn.) taper-field Brome-grass. Engl. Bat. t. 

 1984. Parn. Gr. t. 126. Serrafalcus, Godr., has been occasionally 

 observed in fields of saintfoin and clover round Avebury {District 5), 

 doubtless introduced with foreign seed.'] 



Brachtpoditjm (Beauv.) False Beome-grass. 

 Linn. CI. iii., Ord. ii. 



Name. From {hrachus), short, and [pons, podos), Gr. a. ^ooi in 

 allusion to the short foot-stalk of the spikelets. 



1. B. sylvaticum (R. and S.) slender False Brome-grass. Festuca, 

 Euds. Bromus, Poll. Engl. Bat. t. 729. Triticum, Mcench. 

 Parn. Gr.t.^l. 



Locality. Woods and hedges. P. Fl. July. Area, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 

 Frequent in all the Districts. Stems 2 feet high. Leaves broadly 

 linear, lanceolate, usually flaccid and hairy on the upper surface. 

 Sheaths usually hairy. Glumes unequal, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 about 7-nerved. Ligule obtuse, notched. Whole plant as glabrous 

 sometimes, as the next species, and then only to be distinguished 

 by the longer awns and the root. 



2. B. pinnatum (Beauv.), Heath False Brome-grass. Lngl. Bot. 



t. 730. Parn. Gr. t. 132, 137. Locality. Open fields and heathy 



places on dry limestone soil. P. Fl. July. Area, * * 3, 4, 5. 



Local in Wilts, and not as yet reported for Districts 1 and 2. Stems 



several, erect, 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves linear, acuminate, more or 



less hairy, rigid. Ligule short obtuse. Inflorescence erect, rigid. 



Spikelets long, linear, 10 to 15 or 20-flowered. Glumes smooth, 



7-veined, the middle vein occasionally prolonged into a short awn. 



Very similar to B. sylvaticum, but always distinguished by its 



creeping root. 



Triticum (Linn ) Wheat-grass. 



(Linn. CI. iii. Ord. ii. 



Name. Triticum, "quod tritum est e spicis;" because it is 



thrashed or beaten from the spikes. 



