200 BRACHYPODIUM SYI.VATICUM. 



drical, generally of ten awned florets, placed alternately in two 

 rows on the rachis. Calyx of two somewhat unequal, acute, 

 hirsute, seven-ribbed glumes. Florets of two palete, exterior 

 one of basal floret extending somewhat beyond the calyx; 

 hirsute, seven-ribbed, with a long straight harsh awn. Length 

 from twelve to twenty-four inches. Root perennial and fibrous. 



Plowers at the commencement of July, and ripens its seed 

 at the end of the same month. 



The specimen from which the illustration is taken was 

 gathered at Highfield House. 



