728 GRAMINES (Stapf). [ Bromus. 
short; pales beth shorter than the valves, keels distinctly 
ciliate ; stam ; anthers 2 lin. long; ovary glabrous below the 
appendage, front jobs of appendage entire, hind lobe very minute ; 
B, divaricatus, Lloyd, l.c. 314, not of Rho B. confertus, ea 
£1. Centr. France, ed. 11. 586. Serrafaleus an ydianus, Gren. § G 
fl. de France, dé 
Coast ici ees Div.; by the railway near Rondebosch, Wolley Dod, 
1826! 
A native of the Western Mediterranean region and West Europe. 
2. B. arvensis (Linn. - Plant. i i. 77) ; ; ones culms genicu- 
tong ; blades aca, acute, 2 
panicle erect or slightly Rahe 2 om contracted, then opening out, 
sometimes effuse, very lax, 4—9 in. long and about a s wide ; axis terete, 
3-8, usually very unequal, finely filiform, flexuous, scabrid, the longest 
often 3-5 in. lon , usually bare to beyond t the middle, 8-1-spiculate ; 
spikelets ellipsoid to oblong, 5-9 lin. long, glabrous, green oF 
variegate ~10-flowered ; rhachilla joints 1% lin. long, stout, 
scaberulous ; ones unequal, lanceolate to oblong, acute, lower about 
22 lin. long, 3-nerved, upper much broader, “about 3 lin. long, 
5-T- nerved, nerves strong ; valves obliquely obovate-oblong to oblan- 
ceolate, about 31 lin. long, smooth or nearly so, distinctly 7- nerved, 
margins straight to the middle or beyond, then turned at an obtuse 
r a distinct curve to the broad minutely 2-toothed tip, 
membranous, whitish ; pale slightly shorter than the valves, | keels 
loosely and rigidly ciliate ; stamens 3; anthers 1 to almost 2 li 
long; grain lineat-oblong, strongly convexo-coneave, about 3 lin, 
ae. adhering to the valve and pale. FU. Dan. t. 2527; Engl. Bot. 
re ; Host, Gram. Austr. i, t. 14; Kunth, Enum. i. 417; Reichb. 
Te. Fl. Germ. i. t. 74, fig. 1 eid — Gram. Brit. t. 82 
Sowerby, Brit. Grass. t. 107; Fl. Afr. Austr. 452; Steud. 
Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 324 ; Pe ar Sehins, em Fl. Afr. v. 922. 
Serrafaleus arvensis, Godr. Fl. Lorr. ed. i 
Coast Region: Vanrhynsdorp Div. ; near rman 500 ft., Drége. 
A native of Europe. 
commutatus (Schrad. Fl. Germ. i. 353); annual; culms 
blades oes tapering to an aeute nc 2- 6.in ce - lin., ia 
id; panicle usually contracted, narrow, suberect or ‘nodding an 
