228 86. GRAMINA. 



1352, Bromus maximus, Desf. 



Sarnian. Allied to B. madritensis (the B. diandi'us 

 of Ciu'tis), but hitherto foimd only in the Channel Islands, 

 and not in the British Islands properly so called. 



1353. Bromus erectus, Huds. 



Area 12345 [6] 78* 10** (13) 14 15. 



South limit in Dorset, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Kent. 



North limit in Fife, Edinburgh, (Kii'kcudbright ?) 



Estimate of provinces 10. Estimate of counties 30. 



Latitude 50 — 57. English type of distribution. 



Agi-arian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in Channel. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 47. 



Native. Pascual, Rupestral. Chiefly found in the 

 south and east of England; very local in Wales and 

 Scotland. I have seen specimens from Fife (Dr. Dewar) 

 and Edinburgh (Mr. W". Brand). The authorities for the 

 two Welsh provinces are single onlj^ ; Falconer's Flora of 

 Tenby, for South Wales ; Da-\-ies's Welsh Botanology, or 

 Anglesea Flora, for North Wales ; and each of these may 

 be deemed to require confii'mation. Found iii the neigh- 

 bourhood of Dumfries, by Mr. Peter Gray 5^ b ut w i tothor 

 in the coimty «f "nm-.-.fvipg ny ^^-| f|^nf of Kirkcudbright, -e« 

 in both) does not quite cloai'ly appogy . It may be that 

 " New Abbey Church-yard '" (Gray, in Phytol. i. 417) is the 

 onl)' station in the West Lowland province ; and if so, the 

 station may have been artificial or accidental. 



