^"^^ cvn. GRAMiNE^. \_Brachyp6dium, 



38, Brachypodium Beauv. False Brome-orass. 



(Tab. VIIL f. 35,) 



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■ Spikelets solitary, ^ transverse to the racliis, alternate, re- 

 mote, linear, cylindrical-compressed, many-flowered. Glumes 

 2, opposite, unequal, shorter than the contiguous lowest floret. 

 Glumellas 2, rounded on the back, 7-ribbed, setigerous or 

 awned at the extremity ; inner one retuse, coarsely fringed on 

 the ribs above. —Named from (ipaxvQ^ shorty and ttovq^ t foot; 

 from the sessile or nearly sessile spikelet. This genus holds an 

 intermediate place between Bromus and Triticum: from the 

 former it differs by the sessile spikelets, and the terminal awn; 

 from the latter, by the unequal glumes, long, almost cylindrical 

 or only slightly compressed spikelets, and inner glumellas 

 coarsely fringed on the ribs above the middle. 



I. B. sylvdticum Beau v. (slender F.) ; spike drooping, spike- 

 lets solitary nearly cylindrical secund, awns of the upper florets 

 longer than their glumellas, leaves flat flaccid, root fibrous. 

 Festuca E. FL v. i. p. 149. Bromus Poll.: E. B. t. 729, 

 Triticum Mcench: Parn. G^r. t. 61, 



^ Woods and hedges, not unfrequent. 1^. 6, 7. — Culms 2 feet 

 high. Leaves broadly linear-lanceolate,, hairy on the upper surface. 

 Glumes unequal, lanceolate-acuminate, about 7-uerved. Outer ^7w- 

 mella linear-lanceolate, about 7-nerved, scabrous or sometimes hairy ; 

 inner one truncate, the two green ribs or folds strongly ciliated ou 

 the upper half. 



• 2. B. pinndtum Beauv, (Heath F.) ; spike erect, spikelets 

 nearly cylindrical distichous hairy, awns of the upper florets 

 shorter than their glumellas, leaves rigid, root creeping. — a. 

 leaves flat. Festuca E. FL v. i. p. 150. Bromus L. ; E. B. 



t. 730. Triticum Parn. Or. tt. 132, 133, 136, 137. 

 involute. Parru Gr. t. 134. ' - 



S, leaves 



Open fields and heathy places, on chalky soil, in Yorkshire, Cum- 

 berland, Oxfordshire, Leicester, Worcester, Gloucester, Somerset, 

 Bedford, Cambridge, Suffolk, Norfolk Essex, Kent, Sussex, Dorset, 

 and perhaps several other counties. — ^, near Bath. 2/.. 7. —A 

 very graceful plant. A monstrosity sometimes occurs with a tuft of 

 spikelets at the same point of the rachis. (Parn. Gr. t. 135,) 



39. L6j.ium XmH. Darnel, Kye-grass. (Tab. VIIL f. 36.) 



/S>«7«eZe/s solitary, compressed, approximate, placed edgewise 

 to the rachis, alternate, with 3 or more perfect florets. ' Glumes 

 solitary, or 2 and the one next the rachis small ; lower one with 

 several nerves, about as long or longer than the lowest conti- 

 guous floret. Glumellas 2, outer one awnless or awned. 

 ]!^arae : " quasi dolium, SoXwv, quod dolosum sit vel adulte- 

 rinum. Fit enim e corruptis Tritici ac Hordei seminibus." 





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