SEBRAPALCtrS .-^lEITICUM. 



42S 



"[*5. S. arven'sis (Q-odr.); pan. spreatoigteompound its branches 

 ultimately horizontal, spikelete ]ia^ex^hinceola.te, pales equalm 

 length lower 7-ribbed with 2 prominent ribs near each margin 

 and its sides bluntly angular above the middle, anth. 4 times, as 

 long as broad.— £. B. 1984. P. ,126.— Top of the upper gl. J- 

 way to the top of the foui'th flower. — Southampton. Durham. 

 Ileoden Bridge! Naturalized at Toft and elsewhere in Cam- 

 bridgeshire. A. VII. Vlil.] ^ . E, 



[S. pat'uluS (Pari.) ; pan. s|)reading compound its b'railches 

 ultimately deflexed, spikelets lancedlate, pales' unequal, lo*er 

 7-ribbed with 2 latSrW prominent ribs and its sides bluntly an- 

 gular a,bove the middle, anth, twice a^ long as broad. — P. 127. 

 — Not naturalized: Yorkshire. A. VI.] E. 



' \_S.'iqiiarrdstis (Pari.) ; pan. drooping simple, spikelets ovatS* 

 lanceolate subcompressed, fl. nearly glabrous imbricatg, com- 

 pressed, lower pale 9-ribbed and its sides bluntly angular abttve 

 the middle, awji twisted divaricate, 1. pubescent. — B. B. 1885. 

 P. 128.— Somerset tod Sussex, introduced. A. VI. VII.] E. 



Tribe XII. Hordeiea. 



45. BuACHrpo'DiTm Pa?. c?e^B^aM^/; 



- 1. -B. sylvat'icwm (R. & S.) ; spike drooping, spikelets (at first) 

 terete alternate distichous, aimis of the upper fl. longer fhan ■ their 

 pales, 1. .flat linear-lanceplate .flaccid, root fibrous,— tE. B. 729. 

 P. 61.— -^St.' usually solitary or 2 or 3' from the same root, erect, 

 1 — 2 feet high. Sheaths hairy. Ligule short, blunt, notched 

 or torn. L. ciliate. Pales hairy. — •Woods and hedges. P.'VII. 



E. S. I. 



2. B-pinndttim (Beaiiv.) ; spike erect, spikelets (at first) terete 

 alternate distichous, atmis oi the upper fl. shorter than their pahs, 

 1. flat linear-lanceolate rigid, oreepinffj — JE. P. 730. P. 182— 

 137. — St. several^ erect, 1 — 2 feet high. Pales rough or hairy. 

 Sheaths subglabrous. Ligule short, truncate. L. not ciliate. — •■ 

 ^. eisspitosum; 1. very narrow and inVolute, St. very many^ spike- 

 lets small smooth.^^On dry limestone soil. P. VII. ' E. 



46. Teit'icum, iinn... ■ Wheat-grass, , , 



1. 2\ caninum (Iluds.) '; spike I'athel'- close, spikelets 2-^5-fl.j 

 3 — 5-ribbed gl. and', lower pales awned,'axi3 and edges of the 

 rachis hispid, 1. flat rough on both sid.es, root fibrous.— E. B, 

 1372. P. 62. — St. erect. Ribs on the Upperside Of 1. very 

 slender. ■ Gl. round on the back, its rib^ reaching the tip and 



