202 BRAGEYPODIVM PINNATUM. 



Inner palea shorter. Awns shorter than their florets. Styles two. 

 Stigmas plumose. Filaments three. Anthers notched at either ex- 

 tremity. Length thirty-six inches. Root perennial and creeping. 



Flowers at the commencement of July. 



Yar. gracile. More slender, and with shorter spikelets. Found in 

 Kent. 



Var. ccespitosum. Spikelets small, leaves very narrow. Found near 

 Bath. 



Var. compositum. Spikelets rising from the rachis in threes. Found 

 in Yorkshire. 



Var. hispidum. Glume and florets hirsute. Found in Yorkshire. 



Var. hirsutum. Glume and florets hirsute, awns short, raceme erect. 

 Found in Yorkshire. 



The specimen illustrated was gathered on Mapperly Plains, near 

 Nottingham. 



