310 GRAMINE^. [Bromua. 



much resembling the last, have their outer valve more acute. An ex- 

 cellent meadow-grass. 



10. F. elatior, Linn. Tall Fescue-grass. Panicle patent, 

 very much branched; spikelcts ovato-lanceolate, many-flowered; 

 florets cylindrical, subaristate ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; root 

 creeping. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 50. E. Fl. v. i. p. 148. JE. Bot. 

 t. 1593. Schedonorus, Lindl. 



Moist banks and meadows, not uncommon. Fl. June, July. 2. 

 Three to five feet high. Leaves twice the size of F. pratensis ; from 

 which it further differs in having a much more branched and drooping 

 panicle, which spreads nearly in every direction, with ovate, acute, less 

 compressed spikelets. 



20. BROMUS. Linn. Brome-grass. 



Panicle lax. Calyx of two valves, many-flowered. Corolla 

 of two lanceolate valves ; exterior one awned below the bifid 

 extremity. (Inner valve generally fringed at the folds. 

 Sm.) Named from (Spw/uos, given by the Greeks to a kind 

 of oat, and that again from fipw/jia, food. 



Triandria* Digynia. 



1. B. giganteus, Vill. Tall Brome-grass. Panicle branched, 

 drooping towards one side; spikelets lanceolate, compressed; 

 florets shorter than the awn ; leaves linear-lanceolate, ribbed. 

 Br. Fl ed. 3. p. 5Q.Festuca gigantea, E. Bot. t. 1820. E. Fl. 

 v. i. p. 144. 



Shady woods and moist hedges, frequent. Fl. July Aug. 1. - 

 Three to four feet high, with broad leaves, having the habit and essen- 

 tial character of Bromus, but sometimes arranged by authors with 

 Festuca. Panicle large. Spikelets with three to six florets. Calyx- 

 valves very unequal, larger ones with three ribs. Outer valve of co- 

 rolla lanceolate, obscurely ribbed, nearly glabrous, membranous at the 

 edge upward. Awn very long, inserted a little below the bifid point. 



2. B. asper, Linn. Hairy Wood Brome-grass. Panicle branched, 

 drooping ; spikelets linear-lanceolate, compressed ; florets re- 

 mote, subcylindrical, hairy, longer than the straight awn ; leaves 

 uniform, the lower ones hairy. Br. FL ed. 3. p. 51. E. Fl. v. i. 

 ^.158. E.Bot.t. 1172. 



Moist woods and hedges, frequent. Fl. June, July. or $ . 

 Four to six feet high. Leaves broad. Panicle large, spreading. 



3. B. sterilis. Linn. Barren Brome-grass. Panicle drooping, 

 slightly branched; spikelets linear-lanceolate; florets remote, 

 subcylindrical, scabrous, shorter than the straight awn ; leaves 

 pubescent. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 51. E. Fl. v. i. p. 159. E. Bot. 

 t. 1030. 



Waste ground, fields, and hedges, ommon. FL June, July. 0. 

 Two feet high. Remarkable for its long, narrow, much awned and 

 drooping spikelcts. 



