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BRODI.EA 



BROMUS 



ptiuninodia purple, 2-toothed. Calif, to Wash. G.C. III. 

 2t):-_M3.— Bl(H>iuskte. . 



211. multifldra, Benth. (B. fwmjlorn, Torr. & Gray). 

 Siiiiiliir to B. comjicUi: fls. tV-20. sessilo or sliort-.'stalkcMl, 

 lunbollate, ^4 in. long, blue; .stiuninodia lancoolatc, 

 entire. Calif., Ore., Utah. B..M. 5989. 



AA. Anthers 6. 

 21. capitdta, Bonth. (.Ui7/(i r(jpi((i/fi, Baker. Dichelo- 

 stcmtiui 01 ftUata, Wood). l.ower (1-2 ft.): lv.s. narrow- 

 linear, perishing: fls. many, in a caiiitate umbel, ^iin. or 

 li^ss long, lilac (a vjir. alba); three inner anthers wingefl. 

 Calif.. Utah, \e\v Mex. B.M. 5912. G.C. III. 20:238. 

 — Early blooming. 



Group 4. — Conn as in Group 1 : fls. many, in a dense, 

 or at least a close, uinbel, the tube about as long as 



the segms.; good 

 anthers 6. 



A. Fls. essentially 

 capitate. 



22. Dofiglasii, 

 Wats. (T r itelcia 

 grandijldra, Lindl. 

 Milla gratidiflora, 

 Baker). Lvs. linear: 

 scape 1J^2~2 ft.; fls. 

 few, in a close um- 

 bel, saccate as in 

 Brevoortia coccinea, 

 blue; segms. as long 

 as the tube, the 

 inner ones wavy; 

 filaments winged. 

 Ore and Wash. B. 

 M. 6907. 



23. Howellii, 

 Wats. (Tritelela 

 Hmcellii, Greene). 

 Fls. bell - shaped, 

 white: differs from 

 B. Douglasii in 

 smaller fls., and 

 segms. not more 

 than half so long as 

 tube. Wash. B.M. 

 6989. 



Var. lilacina, 

 Hort. One of the 

 handsomest of all 

 brodieas, and a 

 good grower: fls. 

 porcelain-blue, sug- 

 gestive of Brevoortia 

 coccinea. Wash. G. 

 C. III. 19:767; 20: 

 239. Gn.46:.502.— 

 Largo and strong. 

 AA. FLi. in a close but rather free umbel, the pedicels 

 usually larger than the perianth. 

 24. Pfilmeri, W'ats. Fig. 666. Lvs. firm and linear: 

 fl.s. many, Hm. long, the segms. about as long as tube, 

 blue. S. Calif. G.F. 2:245 (adapted in Fig. 666). 



B. ciltrAnfji, Wats. = Br*rvo<)rtia. — R. crdceii, Wat.s. 1 ft. or more: 

 fl". O-l.'i, yf.-llow. .\'. Calif. — fi. irtfiulnriM. OreeiK;. Like 11. eapitata, 

 but more robiwt and larec-r-fitj. Islanda off Calif. — U Lfmmonx, 

 Watfl. 1 ft,: fl«, Hmall, d*.*;p orange. N. Ariz. — B. teptdrutra, Baker. 

 1 ft. or I<:sh: fl",. 2. purple. Calif. — B. libldna. Baker. 1 ft. or less: 

 fl.i. lO-I.'j. Iil.-ir-purple. Calif. — B. liiaeru. Baker. Like B. ixioidcs, 

 hut fl-*. HafTrori.<!olor within and brown-blaek on tube and ribs. 

 Calif. — B. jmtrhiUn, Greene. Probably the same a.s B. congesta. — 

 B. Kiii/ra, Baker. Like B. ixioides. but ncabrous: fls. bright yellow. 

 Calif. — B. tolulnlit. Bakcr=Stropholirion. 



Carl Pdrdy and L. H. B. 

 BROMt^LIA CBromel, a Swedish botani.st). Brome- 

 liiic-jt. Hothou.se plants, grown for the stiff form and 

 clusters of flowers. 



6M. Broduea Palmeri. (plant X Yit 



.•\bout two dozen species t)f Trop. .American herbs, 

 with .stilf, pii\eapple-like lvs., and fls. in heads or pani- 

 cles; corolla 3-|)arted; caly.\ of 3 ovate-oblong sepals. 

 Differs from Billbergia and .Vnanas in technical char- 

 acters, iiarticularly in the lieeijcr-cut caly.x. Less popu- 

 lar as stove plants th:m .lichmea and Billbergia. B. 

 bracteata and B. nuicrodunles of trade-lists belong to 

 Ananas. Culture as for Billbergia, which see. Monogr. 

 bj' Mez, in De Cantlolle's ]\Ionogr. Phaner. 9. 



Pinguin, Linn. Pinguin of .lamaica. Wild Pine. 

 Three f.o 4 ft. high: lvs. broad-loothed and spiny, 

 bright green, but becoming pink and red with age: fls. 

 reiklish, pubescent, in a dense panicle, with a mealy 

 rachis, the sepals acute: fr. as large as plums, acid. 

 W. Indies. — Makes a good hedge in tropical countries, 

 and the fr. yields a cooling juice. 



Binfitii, Morr. Panicle lax; sepals rounded at the top: 

 habit open and spreading. Brazil. 



B. longifdHa, Rudge^Streptocalyx. — B. tricolor, .Sanders. Lvs. 

 1 3-2-2 ft. long, 1 I2-2 in. wide, the wa\y margins creamy yellow 

 except at the rose-red base, the central portion a glossy green. 

 G.C. in. 43:261. L H B 



George V. NASH.f 

 BROMHEADIA (Sir Edward F. Bromhead, English 

 naturalist). Urchidacese. Stove orchids, terrestrial or 

 epiphytic, non-bulbous, little known in cult., compris- 

 ing two species from the East Indian-Malayan region. 

 Leaves distichous, rigid, often fleshy: fls. showy, 

 white and orange, the parts narrow and pointed; lip 

 3-lobed, narrow. Prop, by division or offsets after 

 flowering. B. Finlaysoniana, Reichb. (B. palustris, 

 Lindl. Cirammatophjillum Finlaysonianum, Lindl.). 

 Root of stout and fleshy fibers: st. 3-8 ft., with sheath- 

 ing scales below and a few oblong thick or fleshy lvs. 

 at the middle and elongated scaly peduncle at the top: 

 fls. white, fragrant, the parts I'o in. long, oblong- 

 acuminate and nearly equal, spreading; lip oblong, 

 3-lobed, white outside and purple-lined inside, the 

 middle lobe rounded and yellow at center. B.M. 4001. 



BROMPTON STOCK: Matthiola. 



BROMUS (ancient Greek name for the oat). Groi- 

 m'nu'se. Brome-Grass. Annual or perennial grasses 

 with large, usually awned spikelets in panicles. 



Spikelets several-fld. ; lemmas convex or keeled, 5-9- 

 nerved, usually 2-toothed at apex and awned from 

 between the teeth, sometimes awnless, the awn usually 

 straight. — -Species about 100, mostly in the north tem- 

 perate zone. 



The genus contains a few forage gra.sses and several 

 annual species that have been intro. into the U. S., 

 especially on the Pacific coast, where they have become 

 troublesome weeds. Among the weedy annual species 

 may be mentioned B. secalinus, Linn., chess or cheat, 

 with smooth sheaths, drooping panicles of ovate short- 

 awned spikelets, the lenmias convex and smooth; B. 

 commutatus, Scbrad., resembling the preceding but the 

 sheaths hairy; B. mollis, Linn. Resembles chess, from 

 which it differs by its hairiness and more erect panicle; 

 B. villosus, Forsk., with lai'ge few-fld. spikelets, the 

 awns about 2 in. long; B. tectonini, Linn., delicate, 

 slender spikelets in drooping panicles the awns 6-7 

 lines long; B. rubcns, Linn., with erect compact pan- 

 icles of purple spikelets, the awn 9-11 lines long. 

 The last 3 are especially abundant in Calif. Cheat is 

 used for hay in Ore. 



A. Plants perennial, producing rootstocks. 



inermis, Leyss. Awnle.ss Brome-Grass. Erect, 2-4 

 ft. : panicle narrow, the branches ascending or spreading 

 in fl.; spikelets about 1 in., the lemmas mucronate or 

 short-awntMl. Intro, from Eu. C!n. 25, p. 429. Dept. 

 of .Vgric, Div. of Agrost., 7:298. — Used as a pasture 

 and meadow grass in the northwestern states. Espe- 

 cially valuable in .semi-arid regions. 



