GRASS FAMILY. 387 - 
injury :—though it must be admitted, I think, by the most inveterate 
defender of that faith, that in undergoing the me tamorphosis, the plant 
urprisingly uniform in its —s in aie assuming the exact 
eras and character of Bro 
aries, in relation to this suppose sed change of character in the Grasses 
But, in the Old World, they were even more extravagant than with us; 
or i that i 
they believ £ un t t tions,—first 
changing to Rye—then to Barley—then to Bromus—and fina ly from 
romus to ! I believe the most credulous o cou 
ve 
not been able, as yet, to come up with their ert trethroli§ in 
this matter. This grass has been cultivated w in a few years as 
-Willard’s Bromus, and the seed sold at a high’ vite The farmers 
found that they n not only did not get a cae grass, but were reall 
aint: a worthless one ol us weed, being thus doubly cheated. — 
2. B. is, L. Panicle erect, contracted i rapa lower palea 
decidedly ex satin the eremeg oars an awn of deo n le ngth, 
Racemep ames Upright Chess. Smooth Brome Grass 
Stem mi ender than in chess. Sheaths hairy, in other respects resembling it. Ac- 
po cteacand 4 a. Fine the most reliable distinction between this and mee Bee which it — 
often mistaken,) is that the summit of the large glume reaches midw. mn the s 
mit an a thio base of the third floret in the spikelet ; while in Aang y conned to the 
mi of the second L floret. 
on lds. Native of Europe. June. F ; 
Obs. This is a worthless species found in grain fields, as is B. mollis, 
which resembles the preceding, but has long awned flowers which, as 
also the leaves, are downy, ee - spikelets are closely imbricated. By. 
some, the rion are conside rms of same species. There are 
= native species of the potina: pin no agricultural value. 
16. PHRAGMI’ TES, Trin. Reep. 
[Greek, Phragmos, a partition o rhedge ; from the use said to be made of sr 
Spikelets 3— Efiowcred 3 distichous, rather 
base,—the lowest LE wget ror with a single stamen, the pd fect 
rachis clothed with oA silky hairs. Glumes keeled, acute, memb 
noe shorter than the mbranaceous, 
oS 
one 
simple culms, broad leaves and large terminal panzcles. eee 
5 Imma nis; Trin. Panicle large, loosely expand; spikelets ie 
chew si entiac Reed Grass. 
Fr. Roseau a balais. Germ. Gemeines Rohr. Spon! Catia!” 
Aidt toe often an inch or mor e in diameter at base, nodose, terete, 
fom See, ae ae a Z 
