342 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



high, leafy below ; spike -i-1 foot long, distichous, the spike- 

 lets at a considerable distance from each other, longer than 

 the glumes. Meadows, pastures, and waste places. Fl. June. 

 L. temulentum : annual ; stems erect, three feet high ; 

 spike long, the outer glume of the spikelets usually as long as 

 the spikelet itself; pales sometimes with an awn longer than 

 themselves. Darnel. Fields and waste places. Fl. July. 



(327) Br achy podium. FALSE BROME-GRASS. 



B. sylvaticum : stems rather slender, erect, 2-3 feet high ; 

 leaves flat, rather long; spike simple, drooping; spikelets 

 usually 6-7, each an inch or more in length, nearly cylindrical, 

 becoming flattened when in fruit ; outer pales ending in an 

 awn, usually as long as or longer than the glume itself. 

 Woods, hedges, and thickets. Fl. July. 



B. pinnatum has the spikelets more erect, the flowering 

 glumes smaller, and more open, and the awn very much 

 shorter. Dry limestone wastes. Fl. July. 



(328) Bromus. BROME-GRASS. 

 * Outer pales narrow-lanceolate. 



B. erectus : stems erect, two feet high ; leaves narrow ; 

 panicle 3-5 inches long, compact, the brandies erect ; spike- 

 lets not numerous ; awn straight, scarcely half as long as the 

 pale. Fields and waste places. Fl. July. 



B. asper : annual or biennial ; stems 36 feet high ; leaves 

 long, flat, with long hairs on their sheaths ; panicle loose, with 

 long, drooping branches, bearing a few loose spikelets above 

 an inch long; awn straight, shorter than the pale. Hedges 

 and thickets. Fl. July, August. 



B. sterilis : annual or biennial ; stems erect, 1-2 feet high ; 



