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membranous, its margins fringed with hairs. The outer 

 palea is of a red-brown colour when the seed is ripe. Kachilla 

 long, cylindrical, rough, and thickening towards the top. 

 (Fig. 74.) 



Fig. 76. Bromus erectus. 

 About nat. size. 



Fig. 77. Bromus asper, Murr. 

 About i nat. size. 



Fig. 78. 



" Seed " of 



Bromus asper. 



x5. 



Bromus erectus, Huds. (Upright Brome-grass.) (Fig. 76.) 

 Chiefly found in the southern and eastern counties of England. 



A tufted perennial, usually growing on poor soils in open 

 situations. Shoot section oval, sheaths entire, with long scattered 

 hairs. Blades thin, dry, almost ribless, with hairy margins, 

 often partially rolled or folded up. The hairs on all parts of 



