136 BRIZA MEDIA. 
in alternate pairs. Spikelets compressed, broadly ovate, purple, 
brown, and white, pendulous on long thin footstalks, and con- 
sisting of about seven awnless florets, extending beyond the 
calyx. Calyx of two broad obtuse glumes; three-ribbed. 
Florets of two pale, exterior one of basal floret compressed, 
broad, and obtuse. Base lobed, destitute of lateral nbs. Inner 
palea membranous, having two green marginal ribs. Length 
from twelve to eighteen inches. Root perennial, fibrous, and 
tufted. 
Flowers at the end of June, and ripens its seed in July. 
The specimen illustrated was gathered near Nottingham. 
