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rare, Hopk. Fields Angus-shire, G. Don. Between Glasg. and 

 Frankfield Loch, D. Don., and Hopk. MSS. under the name of 

 Br. pratensis. Caroline Park, Edinb., Mr. Arnott and Mr. Gremlle. 

 Fl. June, July. . ( $ , Schrad.) 



Scarcely different from the preceding but in the glabrous spikelets, 

 and less pubescent leaves. The excellent Schrader quotes as a syn- 

 onym to this the Br. pratensis of Ehrh. 5 andl can see no difference 

 in the Br. pratensis of Sm. (E. B. t. 920), except that the plant is 

 more pubescent, and the spikelets somewhat narrower. 



6. Br. squarrosus (Corn Brome- grass), panicle drooping, pe- 

 duncles simple, spikelets ovato-lanceolate subcompressed, flo- 

 rets nearly glabrous imbricated depressed, awn divaricating, 

 leaves pubescent. E. B. /. 1885. 



HAB. Various parts of Scotland, G. Don. FL June, July. Q . 



A very distinct species, remarkable for its divaricating awn, and very 

 small inner valves of the cor. I think the late Mr. G. Don was too 

 accurate a botanist to confound this with any other Bromus : but 

 I must observe that upon the continent it is confined to the more 

 southern parts ; and Smith doubts if it be a native of England at all. 



7. Br. arvensis (tapering Field Biome-grass), panicle spreading 

 (at length drooping), peduncles branched, spikelets lanceolate 

 compressed, florets imbricated depressed glabrous about as 

 long as the straight awn, leaves hairy. Lig/itf. p. 104. E. B. 

 /. 1984. 



HAB. Grass- and corn-fields, not uncommon. Between Dalbeth and 

 Clyde IronWorks, and about Cathcart, with Br. mollis, Hopk. MSS. 

 Fl. June, July. 0. 



Two to three feet high. Distinguished by its rather large, but slen- 

 der, at length drooping panicle, and spikelets which have mostly 

 a purplish tinge. Lightfoot speaks of a starved var. growing upon 

 the sea-shore at Oronsay, with convolute leaves and awnless flow- 

 ers, such as is figured in Fl. Dan. t. 293. 



8. Br. erectus (upright Brome- grass), panicle erect, spikelets 

 linear-lanceolate compressed^ florets subcylindrical remote 

 glabrous longer than the straight awn, radical leaves very nar- 

 row ciliated. E. B. t.47l. 



HAB. King's Park, Edinb., Mr. G. Anderson. Fl. July. 11 . 



Two to three feet high. This, as well as Br. sylvaticus, (both of which 



have the habit of Festucce,) is truly perennial. The radical leaves 



are narrow j the spikelets erect. 



9. Br. asper (hairy Wood Bronte-grass), panicle branched droop- 

 ing, spikelets linear-lanceolate compressed, florets remote sub- 

 cylindrical hairy longer than the straight awn, leaves uniform 

 the lower ones hairy. Light f. p. 1087 (Br. racemosus). 

 E..t.U72. 



HAB. Auchenbraith Linn., N. side of the water of Ea,near the church 

 of Kirkmichael, Dr. Burgess. Moist woods, common, Hopk. Fl. 

 June, July. or # (Sm.). (I/, Schrad.) 



Four to six feet high. Leaves broad. 



