112 58. Triodia. 10. GRAMINE^. PL end. ph. 



Gramen avenaceum parvum procurabens, paniculis non aristatis, Raii 

 .%n. 408, 11. 



Festuca decumbens, Lin. S, P. 110. 

 Poa decutnbeiis. With. Bot. Air. 147. 

 Bromiis decumbens Kael. Gram. 242. 

 Melica decumbens, Sah,sb Prod. 20. 

 Melic rigida, Web. Werth. 117. 

 Sieglingia decumbens, Bern. Erf, 44. 

 Danthonia decumbens, I>: Cand. FL Fr. 1343. 

 Triodia decumbens, Pal. de Beauv. 



Mountainous fields and pastures ; perennial ; June. 



Root fibrous, rather creeping- ; culm ascending, becoming 

 upright, 9 in. high, smooth, bald ; ligula very short, longly 

 ciliated ; racemiis oblong ; locustcB swelled, green, grey, 

 and purple. 



XVIIL 59.BRACHYPODIUM. Beauvois. Short/oof, 

 Spatheiles parallel, 3 to 15-flowered, shorter than the 

 flowrets ; glumelles not notched ; apex of the lower spa- 

 thellule ending in a bristle ; upper spathellule obtuse, trun- 

 cated, scarcely nicked, generally edged with stiff hair ; lo- 

 dicule ovate, not nicked, pilose; ot;Gr?/ obtuse ; stigmata fea- 

 thered; cariopsis slightly husked, furrowed; ^acAw jointed, 

 spiked; spi/^enotbranched; locustce hermaphrodite, 2-rowed, 

 alternate. 



a. LocustcB Jbotsfalked ; foolsialk broad, thick. 



1. Brachypodiiim pinnalum. Feat her like shor if oat. 



Spike upright, 2-rowed; locustce rather distant, becoming 

 spread, pubescent, bristled ; bristle shorter than the glu- 

 niclle; spathellules blunt; leaves and sheath rather naked; 

 root creeping. 



Gramen spica briza? majus, Raii Syn. 31)2, 

 BrouiHs pinnaius, Lin. S. P. 115. 

 Festuca pinnyta, Huds. Fl. Ang. 48. 

 Avena laeta, Salisb. Prod. 22. 

 Triticum pinnatum, Moench Enum. 102. 

 Triticum bromoidef, Web. Wirth. 104. 



Chalky fields and heaths ; perennial ; July. 



Culm 2 feet high, jointed, slightly villose; leaves flat, 

 rather stiff; sheaths smooth ; spatheiles acute ; lower 5-rib- 

 bed ; spathellules blunt. 



i3. breuiits. Bristle as long as the glume. 



7. pubescens. Locustce pubescent. 



