TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 85 
Trish. Dglebtae pojlleaniujl. 
Fefcufhér roilleambuil. 
EncuisH.—Darnel-like Fefcue-gra/s. 
Ob. Roots fibrous. Stems upright, nearly 3 
feet, fimple, ftriated, leafy, Leaves linear, 
pointed, {preading, ftriated, even. Sheath long, 
ftriated, fmooth, with a very fhort fheath-fcale 
furrounding the ftem. Spike 8 or io inches 
long, fomewhat bowed, 2-rowed, many-flowered, 
fometimes a little branched at the bafe. Spikets 
alternate, fitting, nearly upright, many-flowered, 
{mooth; lower ones often upon foot-ftalks and m 
pairs. Calyx, glumes awnlefs, unequal: one of 
them fhort, 3-fided but awl-fhaped; the other 
fonger and much broader, with many nerves but 
fearcely keeled. Florets in two oppofite rows ; 
fomewhat diftant, acute, fcarcely awned, cylin- 
drical, even, and without nerves. This grafs 
bears a great refemblance to the Lolium pe- 
renne, but may be diftinguifhed by its calyx 
being of two valves, which is not the cafe in 
the Lolium, the latter being of one valve only. 
BROMUS. 
