46 TRIANDIilA — DIGYNIA. [Bromus. 



Schedo7iorus sylvaticus, Benuv. IJndl. — /3. tninor ; E. Ft. v. i. 

 p. 146.— F. decidua, E. Bot. t. 2-lUS. 



Mountain woods, not uncommon. Fl. Jul}'. "U.— 2 — 3 feet higli, with 

 broad leaves. Cul.-va/ves narrow, linear-lanceolate, very unequal, 

 smaller one single-nerved, larger with 3 nerves. Florets rather distant 

 on the racliis. F.ct. valve of coi'. scabrous, lanceolate-acuuiiuate. 



8. F. lolidcea, Hiids. (spiked Fescue-grass^ ; raceme spiked 

 distichous, spikelets linear-oblong nearly sessile remote, florets 

 cylindrical awnless, outer valve of cor. obtuse. E. Bot. t. 1821. 

 — Schedonorus, Dumort. Lindl. 



INIoist pastures and meadows, not unfreqnent. Fl. June, July. '^■ . — 

 2 feet high. Leaves few, short, linear, acute. Racemes 2 — r> inches 

 long ; rachis fiexuose ; spiltclets nearly sessile, especially the upper ones, 

 5 — 6-flowcred. Cal.-valves unequal, lanceolate-acute, 7-ribbed. Outer 

 valves of the cor. ovato-lanceolate, nerved, diaphanous at the apex and 

 obtuse, (hence scarcely agreeing with the generic character ;) slightly 

 scabrous only on the nerves. 



9. F. pratensis, Huds. (^meadow Fescue- grass^; panicle patent 

 branched, spikelets linear many-flowered, florets cylindrical awn- 

 less, outer valve of cor, acute, leaves linear, root fibrous. E. Bot. 

 t. 1392. — Schedonorus, Beauv. Lindl. 



Moist meadows and pastures, common. Fl. June, July. If. — 1 — 2 f. 

 high. Distinguished at first sight from the preceding by its panicled, 

 (not spiked) raceme ; also by \\\e florets, which, though much resembling 

 the last, have their outer valve more acute. 



10. F. eldtior, L. (^tall Fescue-grass); panicle patent very 

 much branched, spikelets ovato-lanceolate many-flowered, flo- 

 rets cylindrical subaristate, leaves linear-lanceolate, root creep- 

 ing. E. Bot. t. 1593. — Schedonorus, Lindl. 



Moist meadows, banks of rivers, &c. ; not common. Fl. June, July. If. 



40. Bromus. Linn. Brome-grass. 



1. B. gigdnteiis, Vill. {tall Brome-grass); panicle branched 

 drooping towards one side, spikelets lanceolate compressed, 

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

 Lin7i. — Festuca gigantea^'E. Bot. t. 1820. — /3. trijlorus ; panicle 

 more erect slenderer with 3 florets, leaves narrower. E. Fl. 

 V. \. p. 144. — Festuca triflora, E. Bot. t. 1918. 



Shadv woods and moist hedges. — jS. in Norfolk aud near Forfar in 

 Scotland : probably not unfrequent. Fl. July, Aug.l^. — A sea-side grass. 

 3 — 4 feet high, with broad leaves, having the habit and essential charac- 

 ter of Bromus, but sometimes arranged by authors with Festuca. Pani- 

 cle large. Spikelets with 3 — G florets. Cal.-valves very unequal, larger 

 ones with 3 ribs. Outer valve of cor. lanceolate, obscurely ribbed, 

 nearly glabrous, membranous at the edge upward. Awn very long, insert- 

 ed a little below the bifid point. 



2. B. dsper, L. {hairy Wood Brome-grass') ; panicle branched 

 drooping, spikelets linear-lanceolate compressed, florets remote 

 subcylindrical hairy longer than the straight awn, leaves uniform 

 the lower ones hairy. E. Bot. t. 1172. 



