Victorian Plants. 497 



BROIKUS. 



2094. Spikelets from long stalks at last mostly bending 



over, at first gradually attenuated towards the 

 summit. 



Annual, rather tall, beset with short soft hairlets; leaves very 

 flaccid, rather broadish, almost flat, gradually narrowed 

 upwards ; panicle very lax, somewhat unilateral ; spikelets 

 comparatively large, several-flowered; anthers very short; 

 fruit-supporting bract usually seven-streaked, convex 

 along the middle, cleft at the apex ; awn conspicuous, 

 straight, almost terminal, rough ; fruit slender, at the 

 summit bearing minute hairlets. B. arenarius. 



FESTTTCA. 



2095. Leaves comparatively short. 



Here alpine, seldom tall, quite slender ; leaves very narrow, 

 involute along the margin, very thin upwards, few on the 

 stems ; panicle short, much contracted, especially at last, 

 its branches capillary-thin ; spikelets few- or several- 

 flowered; fruit -supporting bract narrow, gradually ending 

 in a very short awn, somewhat rough outside ; fruit rather 

 narrow, blunt. P. duriuscula. 



Leaves quite long ... ... ... ... 2096 



2096. Leaves very rigid. 



Maritime, tall, robust, amply tufted, soon assuming a dull- 

 yellowish or pale hue ; leaves straight, by marginal 

 involution almost cylindrical, much narrowed upwards, 

 pungent, beset with hairlets on the upper much concealed 

 side ; panicle contracted, usually long ; spikelets rather 

 large, few- or several-flowered, awnless ; fruit- supporting 

 bract firm, five-streaked, beset with very thin vestiture 

 outside ; fruit ovate -ellipsoid, turgid on one side. 



F. lit or alls. 



Leaves hardly rigid. 



Generally sub-alpine, tall, robust, rather harsh ; leaves 

 comparatively broad, almost flat, somewhat rough, the 

 upper less elongated ; panicle long, moderately or much 

 spreading ; spikelets broadish, few- or several-flowered, 

 occasionally dull-purplish ; fruit-supporting bract imper- 

 fectly five- or seven-streaked, slightly lobed at the 

 summit, minutely awned or awnless ; styles slightly 

 lateral ; fruit ovate-ellipsoid. F, Hookeriana. 



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