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BROMUS DIANDRUS. 
Curtis. Parnett. Hooker anp Arnott. SMITH. 
Kwapre. Graves. Srncruatr. Basrineton. REICHENBACH. 
Ratrs. DEaKIN. 
PLATE LVII.——B. 
Bromus Madritensis, Linnzus. WILLDENOW. 
ss es Scuraper. Host. Kocu. 
ce se Wirnerine. Macreicur. 
es KuntTH. 
: gynandrus, Rorn. 
se rigidus, Roru. 
muralis, Hupson. 
cc ciliatus, Hupson. 
Festuca Madritensis, DEsFONTAINES. 
The Upright Annual Brome-Grass. 
Bromus—Food. Diandrus— P 
A RARE species, growing chiefly on rocks and walls, and on 
dry soils. 
In England it occurs in the counties of Devon, Somerset, 
Gloucester, Hampshire, Surrey, Kent, Worcester, and Durham. 
In Scotland it has been found on the Fifeshire coast, and 
near Edinburgh. Abroad it occurs in France, Italy, Germany, 
and Switzerland. 
Stem upright, circular, and polished, having three or four 
flat, linear, acute, hairy leaves, with striated sheaths. Upper 
sheath downy, having a short, blunt, ragged ligule; lower 
sheath hairy, the hairs pointing downwards. Joints four, 
smooth. Inflorescence racemed. Raceme upright and compact. 
