510 98. GRAMINE-E. 



pan. oblong blunt interrupted with usually single alternate br. bearing- 3-5 

 almost sessile spikelets, upper pale split to the base. Perhaps a distinct 

 species, B. pseudo-velutinus. B. interrup'tus (Druce).] Common. 

 A, ? V. VI. Lop-grass. E. S. I. 



*5. S. arven'sis (Godr.) ; pan. spreading compound its branches 

 ultimately horizontal, spikelets linear-lanceolate, pales equal in 

 length lower 7 -ribbed with two prominent ribs near each margin 

 and its sides bluntly angular above the middle, anthi 4 times as 

 long as broad. E. B. 1984. P. 126. Top of the upper gl. |- 

 \vay to the top of the fourth flower. Naturalized in various 

 places from Fife southwards. A. VII. VIIF. E. S. 



\_S. pat'ulus (Tarl.) ; pan. spreading compound its branches 

 ultimately deflexed, spikelets lanceolate, pales unequal, lower 

 7-ribbed with two lateral prominent ribs and its .sides bluntly 

 angular above the middle, anth. twice as long as broad. P. 127. 

 Not naturalized. A. VI.] E. 



[S. squarrosus (Bab.) ; pan. drooping simple, spikelets ovate- 

 lanceolate subcompressed, fl. nearly glabrous imbricate com- 

 pressed, lower pale 9-ribbed and its sides bluntly angular above 

 the middle, awn twisted divaricate, 1. pubescent. E. B. 1885. 

 P. 128'. Not naturalized. A. VI. VII.] E. 



Tribe XII. Hordeiea. 



45. BRACHYPO'DITJM Pal. de Beauv. 



1. B. sylvat'icum (Beauv.) ; spike drooping, spikelets (at first) 

 terete alternate distichous, awns of the upper fl. longer than their 

 pales, 1. flat linear-lanceolate flaccid, root fibrous. E. B. 729. 

 P. 61. St. usually solitary or 2 or 3 from the same root, erect, 

 1 2 feet high. Sheaths hairy. Li^ule short, blunt, notched 

 or torn. L. ciliate. Pales usually hairy. Woods and hedges. 

 P. VII. E. 8. I. 



2. B. pinndtum (Beauv.) ; spike erect, spikelets (at first) terete 

 alternate distichous, awns of the upper fl. shorter than their pale*, 

 1. flat linear-lanceolate rigid, creeping. E, B. 730. P. 132 

 137. St. several, erect, 1 2 feet high. Pales rough or hairy. 

 Sheaths subglabrons. Ligule short, truncate. L. not ciliate. 

 Sometimes the 1. are very narrow and involute, st. very many, 

 epikelets small smooth. On dry limestone soil. P. VII. E.I. 



