200 BRACHYPODIUM SYILVATICUM. 
drical, generally of ten awned florets, placed alternately in two 
rows on the rachis. Calyx of two somewhat unequal, acute, 
hirsute, seyen-ribbed glumes. Florets of two pale, exterior 
one of basal floret extending somewhat beyond the calyx; 
hirsute, seven-ribbed, with a long straight harsh awn. Length 
from twelve to twenty-four inches. Root perennial and fibrous. 
Flowers at the commencement of July, and ripens its seed 
at the end of the same month. 
The specimen from which the illustration is taken was 
gathered at Highfield House. 
