J GEAMINE^. 431 



BROMTJS Lim. 



1. B. giganteus Linn. — Tall Wood £rome- Grass. 



Festuca giganUa Till. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. YI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 51^°-55J°. Througtout Ireland. Type, Britist-Englisli. 



Lowland. "Woods, thickets, and hedges; frequent. Fl. July- 

 August. 



2. B. asper Murr. — Savry Wood Brome- Grass. 



B. ramosus Huds. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 51i°-55i°- Throughout Ireland. Type, British-EngKsh. 



"Woods, thickets, and hedges ; frequent. Fl. July. 



Sea-level in N. Derry and S. Cork. To 600 ft. in Duhlin 

 {N. C.) ; hut usually lowland. 



3. f B. erectus Huds. — Upright Brome- Grass. 



Districts III. IV. V. VI. VII. [XI.] — 



Lat. 53°-53^°. Middle of Ireland. Type, Grermanic-English. 



Lowland. Dry pastures and banks ; rare hut locally abundant 

 and spreading in Ireland. Fl. June. 



III. Eailway banks near Portarlington ; and — IV. Banks on 

 north side of Bray Head, Co. Wicklow {More) : Rec. Add. — 



V. Found under hedges near Einglass (-Dr. Scott) : Mack. Bar. 

 Santry wood'; between Coolock and Balgriffln, common {J. Under- 

 wood) : Templeton MS. Along the Eoyal Canal and river Tolka, 

 Dublin ( White) : Cyh. By the LifEey above Leixlip ; More. Fields 

 near Portmamock {Moore) : Cyh. Eoadside banks at Auburn, 

 Malahide, &c. ; Mart. Abundant along the railway from Eaheny to 

 Balbriggan ; JV. C. Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin ; B. W. S. — 



VI. Abundant in Garryland wood near Grort, Galway : More i8j^ Sf 

 Cyh. Abundant in old pastures at Grlenforth, Ballyvaughan, Clare ; 

 P. B. O' Kelly. — VII. In meadows at Knock Drin, Mulliugar : 

 Levinge i8g4. — [XI. Along the northern railway near Derry j 

 HoA-t.'l 



First found by Dr. Scott, at Finglas, before 1806. 



