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Tese are the only stations at present known to me as affording this 

 rather rare grass, of which the description in Bertoloni's 'Flora Ita- 

 lica ' is particularly excellent. The B. agrestis of Allioni, and of the 

 very faithful figure in Host's ' Gramina Austriaca,' i. p. 9, t. 10. 



Bromus sterilis. Nearly everywhere, most abundantly, in waste 

 places, by way- sides, the borders of fields, and on dry hedge-banks, 

 walls, &c. 



Bromus diandrus. In dry, barren and sandy ground, and espe- 

 cially on old walls ; very rare ? Not known to me as inhabiting the 

 Isle of Wight. Gathered in some plenty on a wall near the gaol at 

 Southampton, May 28, 1840, and noticed, July 20, 1850, in very con- 

 siderable plenty on various parts of the ruins of Netley Abbey, in fully 

 ripe seed. These stations I have since learned from Mr. Borrer had 

 been long known to him. It will doubtless be found elsewhere in 

 the county. 



B. maximus, a nearly allied species, native in the Channel Islands, 

 may perhaps acquire hereafter a greater claim to be called British by 

 its discovery along our southern coast. 



B. tectorum, a common grass on roofs, &c, over most parts of the 

 continent from Sweden southward, seems to differ from B. diandrus 

 in the broader leaves, longer, more whorled branches of the panicle, 

 and smaller and drooping spikelets, and to partake of the characters 

 of both this last and B. sterilis. 



Bromus secalinus. In corn-fields ; not very uncommon in the Isle 

 of Wight and mainland Hants, but excepting in seed not easily dis- 

 tinguishable from B. mollis. About Ryde, occasionally, but in no 

 fixed station. At Whatcombe, near Newport, Mr. Wm. Hughes, 

 where it abounded to an injurious degree some years ago, having been 

 introduced, Mr. H. supposes, with seed-wheat from Suffolk, and it 

 was only by changing the seed that he was at last successful in rid- 

 ding his fields of it. At Redhill, abundant, Id. ! Amongst vetches 

 at Play Street Farm, by Ryde, Mr. Wm. Jolliffe, 1841 ! On the sea- 

 coast at Ryde, Withering. Bot. Arrang. 7th edit. Corn-field at 

 March wood, in great plenty, July 22, 1850. Sandy corn-fields at 

 Cove, near Farnborough, July 14, 1850. 



Bromus commutatus. In corn and other cultivated fields, and 

 their borders, by way-sides, in pastures, and even in woods and 

 hedges ; in various parts of the Isle of Wight. At Ryde, by the new 

 road from the Dover to St. John's turnpike, in plenty, along the bank 

 on the right hand, 1850. By the road-side between Ryde and Brad- 

 ing, before coming to the turning to St. Helen's, frequent, July 5, 



