422 97. SEAMINE^. 



compoimd, simple peduneles about . as long as tlie oblong gla- 

 brous spikelets, fl. about as long as tlie straight awn, lower 

 Eale libt overlappingthe next fl. tmiformly rounded at the sides, 

 hairy.— i:. B. 1171. P. 49, 121 & 122.— With seed the fl. 

 feptfead and the spikelets droop. Tip of upper gl. \-wUy between 

 its hose and the tup of fourth Jl. (second on same side). Lower 

 pale nottwice as long as broad, longer thai the upper, 7-ribhed. 

 — [3. Sromus velutinus (Sm.) ; pan. nearly simple, fl. larger 

 downy. P. 123. ' R B. 1884 P--Corn-tields. /3. Betwefen 

 Edinburgh and Newhavfen. Sm. A. ? VI. Vll. E. S. I. 



, , . ** R' closely imbricate even with fruit, 



2. 8. racemfisjfS' (Pari); pan. long eteet usually simple, spike- 

 lets ovate 'rather eompresaed glossy, fl'. imbricate about asking 

 as the straight awn, lower pale uniformly rounded at the sides, 1. 

 and sheaths'slightly hairy'. — E. B. 1079.-^ Top of the upper glum£ 

 i-way to the top of the fouHhJl&wer. ■ Lower pale longer than 

 the upper. Antn. 4 times as long as broad. Pan. close with 

 fruit.— Common. B. VL E. L 



3. 8. coWiMutdtus (Bab.) ; paii. loose slightly drboping com- 

 , pound, simple peduncles as long as or longer thaii the oblong-lan- 

 ceolate spikelets; fl. loose imbricate about as long as the 

 straight awn, sides of lower pcde bluntly angtilar above the iniddle, 

 1. and sheaths hairy. — P. 124. Bromus pratensis Sm., JE. ^.'920. 

 — 'Lower pale only slightly overlapping the next fl. at the base 

 when in fruit. Top bf upper tjl. \-Way to top of fowrthfi. Lowet 

 pale ttvice as long as broad, longer than the upper, glabrous or 

 downy, 7-ribbed. Anth. 6 times as long -as broad. — (3. multi- 

 florus (Parn.); more numerous fl., top of upper gl. rather higher. 

 P. 125.— Common. B. VLVIL E. S. L 



4. 8. 7nol'lis, (Pari.) ; pan. close erect compound or rarely 

 simple, spikelets ovate rather compressed pubescent, fl. closely 

 imbricate about as, long as the straightawn, sides of lower pale 

 blwitly angular about the -middle, I. and.shpaths hairy or downy. — 

 E. B. 1078. P. 116. — Top ofth£ upper gl. \-way to the top of the 

 sixth flower ; or a little higher (ovalis Parn. 117, with, short, oval 

 spikelets) ; or about J-way to the top of the eighth (pratensis 

 Parn. 118, with longer , spikelets), ,Lower pale longer than the 

 upper. Simple ped. not longer tlian the spikelets. Anth. about 

 thrice as long as broad. Rarely the spikelets are glabrous, 

 when itisi?. racemosus Parn. 119. — A maritime plant with nearly 

 or quite prostrate st., nearly simple pan., and neax'ly glabrous 

 pales, seems to be the B. hordeaeeus (Fries). Another with 

 Very short ped. and densely downy spikelets is also found iiear 

 the sea.— Common. A. ? V. VI. Lop-grass. E. S. 1. 



