GRAMINE.E. 



J!ium>is. .,„ 



J19 



deiifalii 

 (Jiam. 



.'...a .•onuMin.i.-at.Hl l,y\sir Willi,,.,. IIoX, o ! t1^ / , ■• •'*l'^'-'""<^"« '^o'l^^^te.l l.y Douglas 



'very obtu.se." Th. ohlcr .p.dm.us have n-oslly Ja k , ,, c^ ,nic L i ^^ aesc.-.beJ as 

 plant are pale green. ^ pmpic panicles, which i.i the young 



55. BROMUS, Linn. Euome-Giuss. 



lacemel. 8,..kolo s 5 - many-llo.'orecl, subterote or laterally co.upresseil. Ghnnos 

 unequal, shorter than the lowest floret, membranaceous, acute, awnless ; the W 

 vhatTJT ^\''''' -•^-7-'- Lower palet rounded on the bai or some- 

 ll tt U^ 1^-tle-pointed from a little below the mostly 



2-cleft t.p Upper palet b.hd. with ciliate nerres. Stamens 3, rarely 2. Scales 

 ontu-e. Ovary ha.ry at the tip : stylos inserted just below the top and'noro or lesl 

 lateral ; st,<,Mnas feathery. Grain oblong or linear, grooved, adherent to the ,.alet 

 ^^^ A genus of ahout 50 species ; la,.gely Eu.opean, i.. coKl a,..l te...pe.ate portio.is of tlie conti- 



* Glumes vcr>j loiuj and narrow, awn-pointed ; lower 1-nerved, upper 3-nerred 

 or mkan obscure additional pair: larger palet convex Mo^^^cc^'^sscd- 

 Iceelcd above, 5-nerved, vowjh-clllate on the ked. Introduced annuaZ 

 1. B. maximus, Desf 



2. B. rubens, Lmn. Culm densely tufted, 6 to 9 inches hi-h, and with the 

 narrowly .near loaves and sheaths pale green an<l densely soft-p.rboscent : pani.^ 

 ovate, 1 to 3 inches long, with very sliort erect branches thickened upwards and 

 rough-pubescent; sp.kelets about G-IIowered, an inch lon.s including awL more or 

 less purplish : upper glume one-third the longer, and about one-fourth shorter than 

 Its floret : ower palet, like the glumes, rather coarsely pubescent, 7 lines Ion- and 

 /-nerved, the intermediate nerves less distinct, terminating in two very acute hyaline 

 Ion \"T I >^"««^"!'^'' tl- awn rather longer than the palet; upper palet with 

 ong weak hairs. - Griseb. in Ledeb. ¥1 IJoss. iv. 3G0. Ji. riff{d,<s,L\cLnh. 1. c. 

 t. 14J. ' 



Plumas County {Lcmmon) ; a native of Southern Europe. The .peeimens have less .Inrk- 



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* 7 ^'^'^^T ^^'"^^'^ S-n-nerved, upper ry-1-nerred : lower palet rounded on the 

 back: florets imbricated before expansion. Annual or biennial weeds In culti- 

 vated grounds. 



3. B. secalinus, Linn. Culms 1 to 4 feet high, rather rigid and with the ample 

 leaves and sheaths smooth or rarely pubescent; panicle 3 to 5 inches Ion", obloiK' 



