Jo85 APPENDIX. 



The calvx conCi^s of two fmoodi, lanceolate, fharp 

 valves, the lower one the iliortcf' ■. 



The corolla is alfo compos'd of two lanceolate 

 acute valves, about a third part longer than 

 the calyx, folded together in the form of a 

 fmooth, narrow, fubulate cone, tinged a little 

 with a reddifh purple color. The exterior valve 

 is terminated with a beard, about a quarter part 

 of its own length-, the interior valve is fhorter 

 than the other, and only acuminated. 



fecalinus. BROMUS panicula patente, fpiculis ovatis, ari- 

 ftis redtis feminibus diftinflis. Syji. nat. edit: 

 13. ^. 102. Sp. pi. 112. (Scheuch. agrojlog, 

 250. /. 5. fig. q. fpicula. Moris, hifi. Ox. fe£i, 

 8. /. 7./. 16. hon.) 



Corn Brome-grafs. Anglis. 



It grows in corn-fields amongft the grain, but 

 not common, as in the fields behind the botanic 

 garden near Edinburgh. Mr. Talden. Q. VI. 

 VII. 



The ftalks are near a yard high, feveral from 

 the fame root. 



The radical leaves fade when the ftalks arc 

 form'd ; the cauline ones are fix or eight inches 

 long, and a quarter of an inch wide, ftriated 

 and covered with downy hairs, efpecially on 

 the upper fide, the edges rough. 



The 



