410 97. GRAMINE^E. 



pan. nearly simple, fl. larger downy. P. 123. E. B. 1884 ? 

 Corn-fields. . Between Edinburgh and Newhaven. Sm. A. ? 

 VI. VII.] 



2. S. commutatus (Bab.) ; pan. loose slightly drooping com- 

 pound, simple peduncles as long or longer than the oblong-lan- 

 ceolate spikelets, fl. loosely imbricated about as long as the 

 straight awn, Land sheaths hairy. Bromus Schrad. P. 124. B. 

 pratensis Sm., 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 fl. Lower pale twice as long as broad, longer than 

 the upper, glabrous or downy, 7-ribbed. Anth. 6 times as long 

 as broad. /3. multiflorus (Parn.); fl. more numerous, top of 

 upper gl. rather higher. P. 125. Common. B. VI. VII. 



3. S. racemosus (Parl.) ; pan. close or long erect usually 

 simple, spikelets ovate somewhat compressed glossy, fl. closely 

 imbricated about as long as the straight awn, midrib of the gl. 

 and pales scabrous towards the top, 1. and sheaths slightly hairy. 

 Bromus Sm., E. B. 1079. P. 119. Top of the upper gl. 

 halfway to the top of the sixth floret. Simple ped. not longer 

 than the spikelets. Lower pale longer than the upper. Anth. 

 four times as long as broad. ft. arenarius ; pan. nearly or quite 

 simple, ped. very short. See Parnell (Brit. Grasses) and Watson 

 (Lond. Journ. Bot. i. 82.) on these species. Common. /3. Sandy 

 ground in the south. B. VI. 



4. S. mollis (Parl.) ; pan. close erect compound or simple, 

 spikelets ovate somewhat compressed pubescent, fl. closely im- 

 bricated about as long as the straight awn, midrib of gl. and 

 pales downy not scabrous, 1. and sheaths hairy or downy. 

 Bromus Sm., E. B. 1078. P. 116. Top of the upper gl. half- 

 way to the top of the sixth fl., or a little higher (ovalis Parn. 

 1 1 1 , with short oval spikelets), or about halfway to the top of the 

 eighth fl. (pratensis Parn. 118, with longer spikelets). Lower 

 pale longer than the upper. Simple ped. not longer than the spike- 

 lets. j3. velutinus; pan. quite simple, ped. very short, spikelets 

 and 1. densely pubescent. Common. /3. Sandy ground in 

 Devon and Cornwall. A. ? V. VI. 



[S. arvensis (Godr.) ; pan. spreading erect compound, spike- 

 lets Jinear-lanceolate, pales equal in length, outer 7 -ribbed with 

 2 prominent ribs near each margin, anth. 4 times as long as 

 broad. E. B. 1984. P. 126. Top of the upper gl. halfway to 

 the top of the fourth flower. Southampton ; Durham ; Hebden 

 Bridge. Not even naturalized. A. VII. VIII.] 



[S. patulus (Parl.); pan. spreading compound at first erect, 

 spikelets lanceolate, pales unequal 7 9-ribbed, 2 lateral ribs 

 prominent, anth. twice as long as broad. P. 127. Not natu- 

 ralized. Yorkshire. A. VI.] 



