364 HORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS. 



a considerable degree, — that at least if it is not the sole cause, 

 over-richness, and great humidity of the soil and atmosjDhere, 

 greatly encourage the disease, as it often occurs, partially, to 

 many other grasses under such cii'cumstances only. 



It comes into flower about the beginning of July, and the seed 

 is ripe about the first week in August. 



B ROM US littorem. Sea-side Brome-grass. 



Specific character : Panicle branches wide-spreading ; spikelets 

 oval-spear shaped, sometimes awned, from 4 to 5-flowered. 

 Sm. Engl. Fl. 148. Festuca elatior. 

 Obs. — It may be only a variety of the Festuca elatior, but the 

 whole habit of the plant is manifestly different. The panicle 

 is perfectly upright before and after flowering, which distin- 

 guishes it from the varieties of Festuca elatior : the number of 

 florets in each calyx is less, the spikelets are oval-spear 

 shaped, those of the Festuca elatior cylindric. The leaves are 

 broader, more deeply striated, and rougher, of a finer dark 

 green colour, particularly in the spring. I never could find a 

 wild specimen of this grass. Hort. Gram. Fol. 259. 

 Native of Germany. Perennial ; growing on the banks of the 



Danube and other rivers. Host. Gram. p. 7, t. 8. 

 Experiments. — At the time of flowering, the produce from a 

 clayey loam is — 



Produce per Acre, 

 dr. qr. lbs. 



Grass, 61 oz. The produce per acre - 41518 2 



80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry - 41 > o]9'7Q, A 10 

 The produce of the space, ditto - 500 O/o ^ 

 The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 20240 1 6 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 1-2 ^ q,-o i n 

 The produce of the space, ditto - 22 Sg 3 



At the time the seed is ripe, the produce is — 

 Grass, 56 oz. The produce per acre - 38115 



80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry - 32 > 9084 fi 

 The produce of the space, ditto - 49 3 



When compared with the tall fescue, this species of brome is 

 found to be inferior in nutritive properties, and in the quality of 

 the herbage. The leaves are much coarser in every respect. It 

 cannot therefore be recommended for any agricultural purpose. 



