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ft. high, erect. Root-1. convolute ; upper 1. broadest; sheaths 

 somewhat hairy with upward hairs.-^^. villosus ; lower pale 

 hairy. — On dry sandy and chalky soil. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



2. £. as'per (L.) ; pan. drooping with long slightly divided 

 branches,, spikelets lanceolate, fl. remote lingar-lanceolate, loicer 

 2>ah hairy 5 — 7 -ribbed, lowest fl. twice exceeding, the ppper gl. 

 and longer than its awn,/, broad hairy.- — E. B. 1172. P, 51. — 

 St, 4 — feet high. L. flat ; lower ones broadest ; sheaths with 

 downward hairs. — Damp woods and thickets. P. ? VII. 



E. S. I. 



** Spikehts always broader upwards. Ribs of upper pale 

 strongly frimged. Awn long. 



3. B. ster'ilis (L.) ; pan- drooping, branches long slightly di- 

 vided, spikelets linear-lanceolate, fl. remote, lower pale glabrous 

 shorter than its awn with 7 distinct equidistant ribs, 1. pubescent. 

 —K B. 1030. P.50.— Height 1—2 feet. L. broad, flat.— Waste 

 places. A. VI. • E. S. I. 



4. B. dian'drus (Curt.) ; panicle erect, branches short scarcely 

 divided, spikelets lanceolate, fl. linear remote sjibcylindrical, 

 lower pale about as long as its awn 7 -ribbed, '2 lateral,, r,0)s 

 close together, interm. rib faint.— ;-E. B. 1006. P. 50. — «. B. 

 madritemis (L.) ; st. glabrous, rachis and pedicels ^ough. , St. 

 6 — 12 in. high. Remarkable for its erect panicle. Upper pale 

 but little shorter than the lower. — [p. B. rigidm (Both) ; pim. 

 compact, pedicels very short, upper part of st., pedicels, rachis 

 and gl. pubescent.] — Dry sandy, places, rare. [B. Channel 

 Islands.] A. VI. VII. E.S.L 



[B. tectdrum (L.) ; like B. diartdnis, jpan. secwai drooping, 

 upper pale much the shorter. — Hoddesdon, Herts : introduced.] 



[jB. 7na.r'imus (Desf.) ; pan. erect lax at length nodding, 

 branches slightly divided lengthened after flowering, spikelets 

 downy, loioer pale 7 -ribbed about half as long as its' attht. — 

 E. B. S. 2820. P. 115. ParneU's flg-ure misrepresents the 

 styles as terminal. — Height 1 — 2 feet. A most beautiful grass. 

 — Sandy places. Channel Isknds. A. VII.] 



44. SEEBAi'Ai.'crrs Parlatore'. 



* Fl. at first loosely imbricate afterwards distinct and 

 cylindrical. 



*1. S. secalinus (Bab.) ; pan. loose drooping in fr. slightly 



1 Corresponds to the genus Bromus of Eries ; to part of Bromus of 

 Sm., Hook., &c. 



