2 4 o FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



BRACHYPODIUM P. Beauv. FALSE-BROME. 



Spikelets subsessile, many flowered. Glumes opposite, unequal. Pale 

 coarsely fringed on the ribs. Distinguished from Triticum by the unequal 

 glumes. 



B. pinnatum Beauv. Heath False-Brome. Spike erect; spikelets 6-15. 

 Awns of upper flowers shorter than the glume. Leaves flat, rigid ; root creep- 

 ing. Ligules short, truncate. 



Borders of fields, dry woods, and arid places, common. June-August. 



B. sylvaticum R. and S. Slender False-Brome. Spike drooping. Spike- 

 lets 6-13. Awns of upper florets longer than the glume. Leaves flat, flaccid, 

 ciliate ; root fibrous. Ligules short, blunt, torn. 



Shady places, woods, and borders of streams, common. June-August. 



B. distachyon P. Beauv., P. phoenicoides R. and S., and B. ramosum 



R. and S.^ire also common in many places. 



LOLIUM L. RYE-GRASS. 



Spikelets solitary, edgewise on the rachis. Glume solitary, bract-like, or 

 the one next the rachis very small, with 3 or more flowers. 



L. temulentum L., L. rigidum, L. perenne, and L. mutiflorum, are 



fairly common ; while L. italicum A. Br. is rare. 



NARDURUS Reichb. 



A small genus closely allied to Triticum, comprises two species found in 

 dry, sandy places on or near the littoral, viz. N. unilateralis Boiss. and N. 

 Lachenalii Godr. 



LEPTURUS R. Br. 



Spikelets solitary, alternately imbedded on opposite sides of the rachis. 

 Glumes 1-2, on the same side of the spikelet, cartilaginous, covering the one 

 flower and superior rudiment. Pales scarious. Stigmas feathery. 



L. cylindricus Trin. Spike subulate-cylindric, erect. Glume single, 

 ensiform, acuminate, adpressed, i-flowered, awnless. Annual. 

 Fields, road-sides, and sea-sands. April-June. 



L. incurvatus Trin. Spike tapering, erect or incurved. Floret r, with a 

 minute rudiment, awnless. Leaves flat, short. Annual, decumbent. 

 Sea-sands and grassy places, near. April-July. 



L. filiformls Trin. A sub-species of the last, with subcompressed, very 

 slender and less curved spike. Stems often filiform. Leaves very narrow. 

 Sandy places near the sea. May-July. 



PSILURUS Trin. 



Outer glumes i or 2, minute. Spikelets i-flowered, imbedded in the rachis. 

 Fertile glumes with a terminal seta. 



P. r nardoides Trin. is a slender annual, with long and extremely slender 

 curved spike. Spikelets distant, sessile, solitary and hidden in the rachis, linear 

 with 1-2 aristate flowers. Glume i, very minute, ovate-acute. Stamens i. 



Dry hills and arid places. April-June. 



NARDUS L. 



Spikelets i-flowered, in 2 rows on one side of the rachis. Empty glume o. 

 Style i, short. Stigma long. Fertile glume keeled, tapering to a subulate point. 



Nardus stricta L. Mat-grass. A small tufted grass, 6-12 in. high. Stems 

 and leaves erect, slender, rigid. Leaves bristle-like. Spike one-sided, slender. 

 Fertile glume with a short rough awn, coriaceous, often purplish ; pale 

 membranous. Stamens 3. 



Dry hills and mountainjpastures, occasionally. May-July. 



