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904. BROMUS. 



13. uiaximus. Ptm. somewhat branclied, 

 erecto-pateut, at last nodding. Awns straight, 

 2-3 times as long as pale. Eachis pubescent. 

 L. villous. a. 7- Sandy shores. Mdt. 

 Jersey. 



G. Outer Glume icith 3 or more nerves. 

 Spicules narrower upwards. 



i. Point heyond awn of outer Pale longer 

 than broad. 



14. scoparius. " Pan. straight, dense, 

 spike-like. Spicules lanceolate, 12-15-flow- 

 ered, nearly sessile. Awns twisted at base ; 

 w'hen dry, rather longer than cloven pale. a. 



4, 5. Open. Sic." — Pael. 



15. lanceolatus. Eac. straight, nearly 

 simple, rather lax. Spicules lanceolate, 8-16- 

 flowered, longer than their sialics. Awn re- 

 curved when dry, rather longer than pale. 

 Sheaths pubescent, a. 4, 5. Fields. Sic. 



16. divaricatus. " Pan. erect, somewhat 

 contracted. Spicules lineai'i-lanceolate, 10-15- 

 flowered, pubescent. Outer Pale cloven, acute. 

 Awn twisted at base, at last divaricate, a. 

 Bry sand. Nice. Mtp." — Kunth. Far. of 

 lanceolatus ? 



ii. Point of outer Pale beyond awn, broader 

 than long. 



a. Edges of Pale in frtdt rolled in ; not 

 covering the florets above. 



17. secalinus. Pan. nearly simple, spread- 

 ing ; in fruit nodding. Spicules oblong. 

 Fits, about 10, broadly elliptic. Outer Pale 

 bidentate. Awns flexnose, shorter than pale. 

 Sheaths hairless, a. 6, 7. Corn. E. Fr. 

 G. Switz. 



;3. velutinus. Spicules softly villous. 



b. Outer Pale with two terminal setas 

 besides the awn. 



18. arduennensis. Pan. nearly simple, 

 nodding. Spicules compressed, smooth. L. 

 lanceolate, \dilous on face and margin, smooth 

 on back. b. 6, 7- Fields. Malmedy. 



c. Without the characters of either of the 

 two previous divisions. 



* Awns straight. 



19. brachystachys. Pan. not contracted 

 after flowering : branches long ; those of the 

 lower whorls 6 or more. Fits, subrhomboid. 

 Outer Pale 7-nerved, hardly longer than inner. 

 Seed obovato-oblong, rather exceeding pale, 

 b. 6. Borders. Magdeburg. 



20. mollis. Pan. erect, contracted when 

 in fruit. Spicules ovato-oblong, pubescent, on 

 stalks not half as long as spicule. Fits, broad 

 elliptic. Outer Pale with obtuse angle at back 

 in the upper part. Awn straight, as long as 

 pale. L. and lower Sheaths hairy, b. 6. 

 Meadows and uncult. 



21. racesnosus. Pan. nearly simple, con- 

 tracted when in fruit. Spicules oblong, smooth. 

 Stalks shorter than spicule. Fits, broadly 

 elliptic. Outer Pale rounded on the back. 

 Awn straight, about equal to pale. L. and 

 lower Sheaths haii'y. a. b. 6. Meadows and 

 u?iczilt. 



22. coxnmutatiis. Pan. lax, spreading, af- 

 terwards nodding. Many of the Stalks longer 

 than spicule, awn inclusive. Spicules ob- 

 long, many-flowered, rough. Outer Pale 9- 

 nerved, as long as straight awn. L. and 

 Sheaths hairy, a. 6. Corn and woodsides. 



** Aivns twisted or recurved when dry. 



23. arvensis. Pan. spreading, afterwards 

 nodding, semiverticillate. Spicules Uncari-lan- 

 ceolate. Fits, elliptico - lanceolate, smooth. 

 Awn slightly squarrose, as long as pale. Pales 

 nearly equal. L. and Sheaths hairy, a. 7- 

 Corn and borders. Pare in Eng. Not in s. 

 Italy. 



24. patulus. Pan. spreading, afterwards 

 nodding. Spicules lanceolate. Fits. eUiptico- 

 lanceolate. Awns at last divaricato-reflexed, 

 longer than pale. Outer Pale evidently long- 

 est. L. and Sheaths hairy, b. 5, 6. Cull, 

 and hills. Fr. Palat. Aust. 



25. squarrosus. Pan. simple, lax, spread- 

 ing, afterwards nodding. Spicules oblongo-lan- 

 ceolate. Fits, about 12, acute on the back. 

 Awns at last horizontal. L. and Sheaths hairy. 

 a. 6, 7- Fields. Eng. very rare. Fr. G. Sw. 

 Italy. 



26. confertus. Pan. nearly simple, com- 

 pact, erect. Spicules about 10-flowered, ob- 

 longo-linear, pubescent, subcompressed, nearly 

 sessile. Outer Pale with 2 teeth. Awn at 

 last divaricate. L. and Sheaths pubescent, a. 

 4, 5. Open hills. Palermo. Istr. According 

 to Pari., this is B. contortus of Besf. ; but 

 B. contortus has a very long Va-fiowered spi- 

 cule, and the awn is remarkably tioisted, but 

 not divaricate. Pari, blames Koch for uniting 

 B. intermedins, Guss., with B. confertus, M. 

 von B. ; but he points out no distinction 

 between them. I have from Gower {Glamor- 

 ganshire) rohat appears to be a var. of B. 



