432 GEAMIlfE^. \_Bromus. 



4. JB. madritensis Linn. — Stiff Brome- Grass. 



B. diandrus Curt. 



Districts — II. — — — — — — — — — — 



Lat. 52J°. Tipperary [and "Waterford]. Type, Atlantic. 



Lowland. Dry banks, walls, and waste places ; very rare. 

 Fl. Jime-July. 



II. By the river at Carrick-on-Snir, Co. Tipperary {Miss S. 

 GrrubV) : Carroll 1854. Kather plentiful on the old castle at 

 Carriok-on-Suir, said to have been built in the 12th century; also 

 at the foot of several old walls adjacent, and on the bridge which 

 connects the counties of Tipperary and Waterford {Miss.S. Grubh) : 

 Cyh. Waste ground at the Waterford-Tramore railway station, 

 iatroduced : B.-H. Sf G. i88g. 



As the plant is almost confined to walls and ruins in its chief 

 Irish station at Carrick, there is reason to suspect that it has been 

 introduced. 



First found by Miss S. Grubb about 1848. 



5. B. sterilis Linn. — Barren Brome-Grass. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI.' VII. VIII. IX. X. XL XIL 



Lat. 61^°-55i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British-English. 



Lowland. Dry banks, walls, roadsides, &c. ; local and rather 

 rare. Fl. June-Jiily. 



A widespread species, common near Cork, Dublin, and other 

 towns, but rare and obviously introduced ia many parts of the 

 country. 



6. *B. secalinus Linn. — Eye Brome-Grass. 



Districts I. II. _ _ V. VI. — — _ X. — XH. 



Lat. 51i°-54f°. South and East, chiefly. Type, British-EngKsh. 



Lowland. Corn-fields ; rare and uncertain. Fl. July- August. 



I. Plentiful in a corn-field at Castlefreke, 1890 : Phillips 

 i8gs. — II. Fields near Fermoy : Drummond, 1818. Oat-field near 

 Ballyvolane Cross, plentiful ( Carroll) : Allin's Cork. At Tivoli, 

 Cork ; Phillips — V. Sandy meadows between Clontarf and Howth 

 {J. White) : Mack. Cat. Corn-fields about Collon, Louth : Ir. Flor. 

 At Uueensborough, Louth : Praeger iSg'j. — ^VI. Eecorded for this 

 District in 1st Ed. Cyb., but no locality available. — X. Hedges 

 near Strabane, Tyrone {Miss M. C. Knowles) : Ir. Nat. iSgJ. — 



