738 GRAMINEX (Stapf). [ Brachypodium. 
late to linear, acute, 2-31 (rarely to 6) in. by 2-3 lin., flat, rather 
ne Lecionae: hispid all over, ii keh a spikelets ai aes or 
lanceolate to eaiehs, acute or mucronulate firm, a renee “up to 
3 lin. long, 4-nerved, upper 32 lin. long, 7-nerved, scaberulous ; 
pales slightly shorter than the valves, a rigidly ciliolate ; grain 
aa -oblong, 3 lin. long 
NTRAL REGION: Graaf R t Div.; rocky places on Compass Berg, 
sce ft., about 100-200 ft. below the niles Bolus, 1986 ! 
XCIII. LOLIUM, Linn. 
Spikelets usually more or less compressed, 2-ranked, alternate, 
sessile in the hollows of the rhachis of a sim sis spike ; rhachilla 
abivss, disarticulating above the glumes and between the valves. 
Florets 3-11, or sometimes more, or the uppermost reduced. 
Glumes of terminal spikelets equal and tig lower suppressed in 
the lateral spikelets, upper linear to oblon 8 tuse to acute, flat 
or slightly rounded, coriaceous, prominent ve Q-nerved, Valves 
oblong, rounded on the back, subobtuse, si 2-toothed (or acute 
en Lodicu 
with a lateral tooth. Ovary glabrous, truncate ; styles distinct, very 
short ; stigmas laterally exserted, plumose. Grain elliptic-oblong to 
linear-oblong, tightly enclosed by the valve and pale, adhering 
both; embryo short ; hilum linear, almost as long as the grain. 
Annual or perennial ; ‘Wadien linear, flat; ligules hyaline; spikes term! inal 5 
1 
oF the vhne more or less erect, 2-ranked, with the (upper) glume opposite the hollow 
of t. 
: Speci : asta es the temperate regions of Europe, Asia, and North Africa, else- 
where introduce 
a — the — = alled or exceeded by 
e glu (1) temulentum. 
‘Pisses 79 om id: 
~— vr tall; spikes 4-1 ft axis rather 
ender ; pi ae —- chao the spikelet (2) multifiorum. 
Short 3 Spikes } ; axis stout and 
ff; glume equalling a wikete ie, WD cp. aes hive i 
ttbeellioides. 
1. L. temulentum (Linn. Sp. Plant. 83); annual ; culms fascieled ot 
solitary, erect, rather stout, straight, 1-12 ft. long, glabrous, rough, at 
least in the upper part, 2_4-noded, uppermost internode usually long 
exserted; leaves glabrous; sheaths rather tight, anette striate; 
ligules very short, truncate ; blades linear, acute, 1-1 ft. by 2-3 lin., 
flat, rough all over or only on the upper side and along the margins 
spikes erect, j-1 ft. long, of rather numerous (10-20) spikelets; , 
axis rather stout, slightly rough or smooth on the back; spike elets 
