Brachypodium.} geamine^ 357 



Banks, road-sides, meadows, and cultivated fields; very 

 rare. Fl. June, July. 



1. Meadow at Balleagh Castle, Camgaline, plentiful; 

 /. G. — 2. Near Fermoy ! Mr. T. Chandlee. Near Cork, and 

 Evergreen (B. arvensis) ; Flor. Cork. — 3 ? Low meadows near 

 Cullenagh, Queen's County; Flor, Hib. — (perhaps B. race- 

 mosus.) — 5? Way-sides between Eaheny and Howth (B. 

 arvensis) ; Mr. J. White, MS. Moist meadows near Sandy- 

 mount; Maekay Cat. Ir. — 6. In wooded and bushy places 

 along the Shannon, near Portumna; D. M. At Castle 

 Taylor, Galway (introduced with grass seed) ; A. G. M. — 

 (10.) In fields of sown grass, in Loughgall, &c., in Armagh 

 A. G. M. 



The distribution of this grass is very imperfectly knpwn 

 it appears native on the banks of the Shannon ; B. M. 



8. B. mollis (Linn.) — Soft Brome-Grass. 

 Serrafakus mollis (Pari.) Bab. Man. Bromus arvensis var. 



Bentham. 

 Districts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 

 Meadows, pastures, banks, &c. ; common. Fl. May, June. 



\B. arvensis (Linn.); has been gathered in sandy cultivated 

 land at Malone ! Belfast, where it had no doubt been acci- 

 dentally sown with the crops]. 



BRACHYPODIUM Beauv. 

 1. B. sylvaticum (E. et S.) — False Brome-Grass. 

 Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°, Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Woods, hedges, and rocky places ; frequent. Fl. July. 



Ohs. — B. pinnatum (Beauv.) is said to have been found near 

 Cork (Flor. Hib.), but probably a state of B.. sylvaticum, was 

 mistaken for it. 



