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pale not overlapping the next fl. uniformly rounded at the sides, 

 1. hairy. E. B. 1171. P. 49, 121 & 122. \Vith seed the fl. 

 spread and the spikelets droop. Top of upper gl. \-way between 

 its base and the top offourthji. (second on the same side). Lower 

 pale not twice as long as broad, longer than the upper, 7-ribbed. 

 /3. Bromus velutinus (Sm.) ; pan. nearly simple, fl. larger 

 downy. P. 123. Corn-fields. A. VI. VII. E. S. 1. 



** Fl. closely imbricate even with fruit. 



2. S. racemosus (Parl.) ; pan. long erect usually simple, spike- 

 lets ovate rather compressed glossy, fl. imbricate about as long 



than the upper. Anth. 4 times as long as broad. Pan. close 

 with fruit. Common. B. VI. E. I. 



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3. S. commutdtus (Bab.) ; pan. loose slightly drooping com- 

 pound, simple peduncles as long as or longer than the obloni:- 

 lanceolwte spikelets, fl. loose imbricate about as long as the 

 straight awn, sides of lower pale uniformly rounded at the sides, 

 1. and sheaths hairy. P. 124. E. B. 920. Lower pale only 

 slightly overlapping the next fl. at the base when in fruit. Top ; 

 of upper gl. \-way to top of fourth Jl. Lower pale twice as long 



as broad, longer than the upper, glabrous or downy, 7-ribbed, 

 Anth. (3 times as long as broad. /3. multiflarus (Para.); more" 

 numerous fl.. top of upper gl. rather higher. P. 123. Commonl 

 B. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



4. S. mol'lis (Parl.) ; pan. close erect compound or rarely 

 simple, spikelets ovate rather compressed pubescent, fl. closely 

 imbricate about as long as the straight awn, sides of lower pale 

 bluntly angular about the middle, 1. and sheaths hairy or downy. 

 E. B. 1078. P. 116. Top of the upper gl. \-way to the top of 

 the sixth flower ; or a little higher (ovalis Parn. 117, with short 

 oval spikelets) ; or about J-way to the top of the eighth (pra- 

 tensis Parn. 118, with longer spikelets). Lower pale longer than 

 the upper. Simple ped. not longer than the spikelets. Anth. 

 about thrice as long as broad. Karely the spicules are glabrous, 

 when it is B. racemosus Parn. 119 [=S.mollis,vsiY.fflabrescens, 

 Gren.]. A maritime plant with nearly or quite prostrate st., 

 nearly simple pan., and nearly glabrous pales, seems to be 

 the B. hordeaceus (Fries). Another with very short ped. 

 and densely downy spikelets [and divaricate awns (S. Lloydianus, 

 G. & G.)] is also found near the sea. [ft- pseudo-velutinus ; 



