TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. Bromiis. 29 



An. or Bien. June. 



More slender in habit than the preceding, not soft to the touch. 

 The panicle is generally simple. Spikelets larger, more swollen, 

 rough to the touch, but naked and shining. Outer valve of the 

 corolla marked with two green ribs at each side. 



B. arvensis. Taper Field Br. Panicle spreading, 

 drooping", compound, half-whorled. Spikelets spear- 

 shaped, acute. Florets about eight, tiled, smoothish, 

 with two close ribs at each side. Leaves hairy. E. B. 

 1984. 



Cornfields, rare. Ditchley. 3Ir. f-P'oodicard in Bot. Guide, 



An. July. 



Distinguished by its rather large, but slender, at length drooping 



panicle, and spikelets mostly of a purplish tinge. 



B. erectus. Upright Perennial Br. Panicle erect, 

 slightly branched. Spikelets linear- spear-shaped. Flo- 

 rets about eight, loosely tiled, spear-shaped, com- 

 pressed. Awn shorter than the glumes, straight. 

 Root leaves very narrow, fringed with scattered hairs. 

 E. B. 471. 



Fields, road sides, in a sandy soil over chalk. Sm. Ditchley Park. 



Mr. fVoodivard. Not rare in Oxfordshire. Sm. and R. W. 

 Per. June. 

 Two or three feet high, habit of a Festuca. Glumes minutely 



fringed. Antli. of a fine saffron colour. 



B. asper. Hairy JVood Br. Panicle drooping, branched. 

 Spikelets linear-oblong. Florets about eight, rather 

 distant, spear-shaped, compressed, downy. A^^'ns 

 shorter than the glumes. Leaves uniform ; lower ones 

 hairy. E. B. 1172. Bromus hirsutus. C. 2. 8. 

 Sb. 48. 



Moist woods, hedges. 



Per. July. 



Florets about nine. Sheaths of the leaves very hairy. Ls. broad. 

 The awn on the back, and fringed inner husk, distinguish this 

 from Fest. cjigantea. A gigantic grass, often six feet. 



B. sferilis. Barren Br. Panicle drooping', a little 

 branched. Spikelets linear-spear-shaped, their foot 

 stalks very long. Florets about seven, spear-shaped, 

 seven-ribbed, furrowed. Awns longer than the glumes. 

 Leaves downy, narrow. E. B. 1030. C. 1. 9. 



Fields, ivaste ground, hedges. 



An. June. 



