342 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



high, leafy below ; spike ^-1 foot long, distichous, the spike- 

 lets at a considerable distance from each other, longer than 

 the glumes. — Meadows, pastures, and waste places. Fl. June. 

 L. temulentum : annual ; stems erect, three feet high ; 

 spike long, the outer glume of the spikelets usually as long as 

 the spikelet itself; pales sometimes with an awn longer than 

 themselves. — Darnel. — Fields and waste places. Fl. July. 



(327) Br achy podium. False Brome-grass. 



B. sylvaticum : stems rather slender, erect, 2-3 feet high ; 

 leaves flat, rather long ; spike simple, drooping ; spikelets 

 usually 6-7, each an inch or more in length, nearly cylindrical, 

 becoming flattened when in fruit ; outer pales ending in an 

 awn, usually as long as or longer than the glume itself. — 

 Woods, hedges, and thickets. Fl. July. 



B. pinnatum has the spikelets more erect, the flowering 

 glumes smaller, and more open, and the awn very much 

 shorter. — Dry limestone wastes. Fl. July. 



(328) Bromus. Brome-grass. 

 * Outer pales narrow-lanceolate. 



B. erectus: stems erect_, two feet high; leaves narrow; 

 panicle 3-5 inches long, compact, the brandies erect ; spike- 

 lets not numerous ; awn straight, scarcely half as long as the 

 pale. — Fields and waste places. Fl. July. 



B. asper : annual or biennial ; stems 3-6 feet high ; leaves 

 long, flat, with long hairs on their sheaths; panicle loose, with 

 long, drooping branches, bearing a few loose spikelets above 

 an inch long; awn straight, shorter than the pale. — Hedges 

 and thickets. Fl. July, August. 



B. sterilis : annual or biennial ; stems erect, 1-2 feet high ; 



