168 BROMUS ARVENSIS. 
and short. Stigmas plumose. Filaments three. Anthers lengthy 
and notched at either extremity. Length from ten to eighteen 
inches. Root annual and fibrous. 
Flowers in June and July, and ripens its seed in the second 
week of August. 
The illustration is from a specimen gathered at Hebden- 
Bridge, by Mr. Joseph Sidebotham. 
