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mose, glume awned ; high, frequent. F. varia, Host, 

 (including Eskia, Ram.) ; leaves long, thick, rigid, 

 panicle expanded, spikelets larger, 4-S-flowered ; high 

 elevations in the South. 



E. Stem-leaves flat ; ligules not lobed : F. laxa, 

 Host. ; panicle large, lax, lowermost leaves folded, ovary 

 hairy at the apex ; Carniola, Carinthia, rare. F. Scheuch- 

 zeri, Gaud, (pulchella, Schrad.) ; panicle lax, leaves 

 linear, smooth, ovary glabrous at the apex ; high, frequent. 

 F. spectabilis, Jan. ; panicle broad, nodding, leaves linear, 

 rough, ovary hairy at the apex; alpine pastures in the 

 South, rare. 



37. BROMUS, L. 



Spikelets in panicles, many-flowered ; flowering glumes 

 convex ; ovary villous at the apex. Not alpine. 



The Swiss species which are also English fall under two 

 groups, viz.: (a.) Lower empty glume I -nerved, upper 

 3-nerved (Festucoides, C. and D.): B. asper, Murr. (including 

 serotinus, Ben., and ramosus, Huds.) ; erectus, Huds. ; and 

 sterilisy L. (b.) Lower empty glume 3-5 -nerved, upper 

 5 -many -nerved (Serrafalcus, ParL): B. mollis, L. ; 

 racemosus, L. (including commutatus, Schrad.); secalinus y 

 L. (including velutinus, Schrad.) ; and arvensis, L. 



The following are not British : Sect, (a.) : B. inennis, 

 Leyss. ; lowest empty glume not awned ; very rare ; Bale, 

 Orbe. B. tectorum, L. ; panicle dense, drooping on one 

 side, branches smooth ; road - sides. Sect, (b.) : B. 

 patulus, M. K. ; and squarrosus, L. ; panicle much 

 branched ; waste places, frequently introduced. Also B. 

 transylvanicuS) Steud. ; panicle loose, lowest branches 



very long, leaves ciliate ; meadows ; Tirol, Carniola. 

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