274 THE TASMANIAN FLOEA. 



2. A. PECTiNATDM, Beauv. Erect, 1-2 feet. Leaves flat, narrow, short. Spike 

 1-2 inches long. Spikelets ^-f inch, recurved. Glumes ribbed, acute, or shortly 

 awned. Triticum pectinatum,^. ^r. 



Recherche, Thbmas Plains, near Chudleigh, Hampshire Hills, &c. ; alsQ 

 Victoria and New South Wales. 



3. A. VELDTINHM, Nees. Tufted, shortly creeping at the base, 6 inches to I 

 foot. Leaves rather numerous, short, flat, but convolute when dry. Spike 1-2 

 inches, rather dense. Spikelets erect, about f inch long. Glumes rigid, faintly 

 ribbed, acute. Triticum velut'mum, H. 



Middlesex Plains, Surrey Hills, at a considerable altitude ; also in Victoria 

 and New South Wales. 



4. A. BEPENS, Beauv. Creeping extensively. Stems erect, stifle, 1.-3 feet. 

 Leaves short, flat, broad, distributed on the stems. Spike not dense, 2-4 inches. 

 Spikelets usually numerous, erect, i inch. Glumes rigid, ribbed, shortly awned. 

 Triticum repens, Linn. 



Established in waste places. Introduced. Found in Europe, Northern Asia, 

 and North and South America. 



46. BRAOHYPODIUM. 



Spikelet many-flowered, hardly flattened, sessile, with its side to the stem. 

 The rhachis not indented. 

 A small north temperate genus, very close to Agropyrum. 



B. DiSTACHTUM, B. et S. Tufted, 6-8 inches. Leaves short, flat. Spike 

 usually of 2 spikelets. Spikelets erect, 1-1-| inch long. Glumes narrow, prolonged 

 into slender, rather rigid, awns. 



Domain and Risdon. Introduced. Northern temperate disti-ibution. 



47. LOLIUM. 



Spikelet many-flowered, closely sessile, in two opposite rows in a terminal 

 spike, the rhachis alternately notched. Spikelet with one end turned to the 

 rhachis, and usually the outer empty glume enlarged and enclosing the 

 spikelet. 



A north temperate genus. 



Spikelet exceeding the empty glume ... ... ... 1. L. perenne. 



Spikelet shorter than the empty glume ... ... 2. L. temulentum. 



1. L. PEEENNE, Linn. Tufted perennial, about 1 foot. Leaves narrow, flat, 

 short. Spike interrupted, 3-8 inches. Spikelets about ^ inch. Outer empty 

 glume rather acute, shorter than the spikelet. Flowering glumes acute, not 

 awned, or very shortly so. 



Very common. Introduced. European. 



Var. italicum. Annual, 2-3 feet. Flowering glumes with slender awns. 

 L. italicum,, Braun. 



2. L. TEMULENTUM, Linn. Erect annual, 2 feet. Leaves flat, rather broad, 

 shorter than the stem. Spike slender, 4-8 inches. Outer empty glume obtuse, 

 exceeding the spikelet, sometimes with a slender awn. 



Widely dispersed, but not common. Introduced. European. 



48. LEPTURUS. 



Spikelet 1-flowered, sessile, and embedded in a notch- in the rhachis, arranged 

 in opposite rows, forming a linear spike. Outer empty glumes 2 or 1, enclosing 

 the spikelet. Flowering glume short and thin. 



A small genus found on the coasts of most temperate reo-ions of both 

 Hemispheres. 



