90 45. Zeocrlton. 10. GR AMINES. PL end. ph. 



2. Zeocrilon vulgare. Common larley. 

 Lateral flowers beardless ; cariopsides angular, patent. 



Horrfeuni di.-.tichuin, spica breviore et latiore, granis confertis, Raii 

 Syn. 388, 2. 



Hordeuin distichum minus, Park. 1129. 

 Jlordeum Zeocritoii, Lin. S. P. 125, 

 Sprat barley. Battledore barley. 



Cultivated, but not commonly. 



Spike compressed, ovate, lanceolate ; leard terminal, 

 sometimes more than three times as long as the spike. , 



3. Zeocrifon murinuni. Wall barley. 

 Flowrets three; spathelle of the intermediate flowret linear, 



lanceolate, ciliated; spathelles of the outer flowrets bristled^ 

 rough ; sheaths smooth. 



Gramen secalinuni, Secale sylvestre, Raii Sj/n, 391, 1 ; Ger. em, 73. 



Hordeiim spurinm vulgare. Park. 1147, 



Hordeuin murinum, Lin. S. P. 123. 



Triticum murale, Satis. Prod. 27. 



Zfocriton murinum, Palis, de Beauvois. 



Way bennett. Wild Rye. Mouse barley. 



Ruins and waysides ; annual ; the vv^hole summer. 



Culms many, a foot long, erect, bent at bottom, leafy; 

 leaves light green, rough; sheaths nearly as long as the 

 leaves, rather bellied, very bald ; stipula very short ; spike 

 about 3 in. long, 



4. Zeocriton secalinum. Rye larley* 

 Flowrets three ; side-Jioivrets with short aristee ; spathelles 



of all the flowrets setaceous, rough ; locustce smooth ; 

 sheaths smooth, 



Gramen secalinum, Raii Syn. 392; Qer. em. 29 *. 

 Gramen secalinum majus et minus. Park. 1144, 

 Jlordeum nodosum, Lin. S. P. 126. 

 Hordcum murinum 0, Lin. S. P. 126. 

 IJordeura prateiise, Huds. Fl. Jng. 66, 

 Hordeum secalinum, TVilld. S. P. 1,45. 

 Zeocriton secalinum, Pal.de Beaiiv. 

 Wall meadow rie-grass. 



Meadows and pastures ; perennial ; June. 



Culm 18 in. high, erect, slender, leafy below, naked 

 above; leaves spread, acute, roughish; sheaths a little 

 bellied ; ligula very small ; spike short, narrow ; sefce short. 



5. Zeocrilon mariiimum. Sea larley, 

 Spathelles rough, inner spathelle of the lateral flowrets 



semilanceolate ; the rest setaceous ; /eawi flat, soft. 



