m. end. ph. 10. GRAMINE^. 62. Bromus. 119 



3. Bromus secal'mus. Rye Irome. 

 Panicle lax, drooping; peduncles semiverticillate, not 



branched ; locustce oblong, ovate, compressed, bald ;Jlowrets 



turgid, becoming distinctly remote ; awn flexuose, shorter 



than the flowret ; sheaths smootii ; leaves rather hairy on 



their upper face. 



Festuca avenacea spicis habitioribiis, glutnis glabris, Haii Syn, 414, 8. 

 BrniTius secalinus, Lin. S. P. 112. 

 Bromus polymorphus y, Hud&. Fl, Angl, 49. 

 Bromus vitiosus, JVeigel Obs. 4, 1. 

 Avena secalina, Salisb. Prod. 22. 



Corn-fields; annual; July. 



Culm 3 feet high, smooth ; leaves long, broad, eared at 

 bottom, plaited ; sheaths angular ; upper always bald ; ligula 

 short; panicle 6 in, long, erect at first; locustcB large, 

 smooth. 



4. Bromus multiJlorv£, Manyflowered hrome. 

 Panicle spreading, drooping ; peduncles scarcely branched, 



stiff, semiverticillate; locustcB ovate, lanceolate, ventricose, 



pubescent, becoming distant ; flowrets depressed ; awn 



straight, pubescent, nearly as long as the glume. 



Festiipa avenacea, q. Festuca grarainea glumis hir&ntis et glabris C. 

 Bauhin, Rail Syn. 414, 8. 



Bromus secalinus 2, Lin. Fl. Suec. 96. 

 Bromus secalinus, Leers Herb. 36. 

 Bromus multiflorus, Weigei Obs. 2. 

 Bromus grossus, Desfont. 

 Bromus velutinun, Schroder Germ, 1,349. 



Fields; annual; July. 



Culm upright, smooth, shining; paniiile 9 in. long, at 

 first upright, afterwards drooping ; peduncles very unequal ; 

 locustes ovate, 10 or 12-flowered. 



5. Bromus mollis. Soft home. 



Panicle upright, contracted; peduncles branchy, semi- 

 verticillate; locust(B ovate, oblong, rather compressed, pu- 

 bescent; jlowrets imbricate, depressed; awn straight, as 

 long as the glumelles ; leaves soft, pubescent. 



Festuca avenacea hirsuta, paniculis minus sparsis, Raii Syn. 413,5. 



Bromus mollis, Lin. S. P. 112. 



Bromus polymorphus a, Huds. Fl. Angl.iS. 



Bromus hordeaceus, Lin. Sp. ed. 1, 77. 



Avena mollis, Salisb. Prod. 23. 



Lobgrass. Oatgrass. 



Meadows and pastures ; perennial ; July. 



Root fibrous; cidm 2 feet high, upright ; leaves acute, 

 dark green ; sheaths pale ; lower ligula obtuse , panicte ovate ; 

 pedujicles 2 or 4-flowered; locustce upriglit. 



