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The calyx confif^s of two fmooth, lanceolate, Iharp 

 valves, the lower one the fhorteft. 



The corolla is alfo compos'd of two lanceolate 

 acute valves, about a third part longer than 

 the calyXi folded together in the form of a 

 fmooth, narrow, fubulate cone, tinged a little 

 with a reddifh purple color. The exterior valve 

 is terminated with a beard, about a quarter part 

 of its own length ; the interior valve is ftiorter 

 than the other, and only acuminated. 



fecalimis. BROMUS panicula patente, fpiculis ovatis, ari- 

 ftis reflis feminibus diftindtis. Syfi, nat, edit,' 

 13. p, 102. Sp. pi, 112. (Scheuch. agrojlog, 

 250. /. 5. Jig. g. fpicula, Moris, biji. Ox. fe^, 

 8. /. 7./. 16. bon.) 

 Corn Brome-grafs. Anglis. 

 It grows in corn-fields ajnongft the grain, but 

 not common, as in the fields behind the botanic 

 garden near Edinburgh, Mr. Talden. O. VI. 

 Vil. 

 The ftalks are near a yard high, feveral from 



the fame root. 

 The radical leaves fade when the ftalks are 

 form'd ; the cauline ones are fix or eight inches 

 long, and a quarter of an inch wide, ftriated 

 and covered with downy hairs, efpecially on 

 the upper fide, the edges rough. 



The 



