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ovary glabrous. — p. F. trifiora (Sm.) ; pan. smaller and more 

 erect, spikelets scattered of about 3 flowers. E. B. 1918. — Moist 

 woods and thickets. P. VII. E. S. I. 



10. F. arundindcea (Schreb.) ; panicle diffuse patent, branches 

 mostly in pairs each hearing 2 or more ovate-oblong spikelets 

 divaricate witb fl. or afterwards, spikelets very many of 5 — 6 

 closely placed ii., dorsal rih of lower pale ending at or just below 

 the tip or forming a shoH awn, 1. linear-lanceolate. — F. elatior 

 Sm., E. B. 1593. P. 46, 47.— St. 2—6 ft. high, forming large 

 tufts. L. broad. — a. F. arundinacea (Schreb.) ; pan.-branches 

 divaricate witb fl. and fruit. A very large plant, 3 — 6 ft. high. 

 — j3. F. elatior (L. ?) ; pan.-branches shorter "divaricate with fl. 

 afterwards ascending.'' — a. Banks near the sea. /3. Damp pas- 

 tures. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



11. F. praten'sis (Huds.) ; pan. close subsecund, branches in 

 pairs one bearing a single spikelet the other several never divaricate, 

 spikelets linear-oblong of 5 — 10 rather distant fl., dorsal rib of 

 lower pale ending at or just below the tip or forming a vei'y 

 short awn, 1. linear-lanceolate. — E. B. 1592. P. 46. F. elatior 

 Koch. — A smaller plant than the preceding. Kachis triangular. 

 Pan.-branches ascending; one of each pair nearly always reduced 

 to a single spikelet. In this and the preceding the pale is blunt 

 or acute according as the midrib is or is not attached up to the 

 tip. — (3. F. loliacea (Huds.j ; spikes solitary alternate long slen- 

 der truly distichous, lower ones stalked, rarely in pairs, upper 

 nearly sessile, fl. distant, lower gl. 5— 8-ribbed, veins of lower 

 pale parallel, no awn, rachis flattish. — E. B. 1821. P. 45, 113 

 & 114.— V^et meadovps. P. VI. VH. E. S. I. 



43. Bro'mus Linn} 



* SpiJcelets broader uptvards when in flower, not afterwards. 

 Jiibs of upper pale finely fringed. 



1. B. erec'tus (Huds.) ; pan. erect nearly simple, spikelets 

 linear-lanceolate, fl. remote subcylindrical, lower pale indistinctly 

 7-veined, lowest fl. i exceeding the upper gl. and longer than its 

 awn, root-1. very narrow ciliate. — E. B. 471. P. 51. — St. 2 — 3 

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

 somewhat hairy with upward hairs. — /3. villosus; lower pale 

 hairy.— On dry sandy and chalky soil. P. VI. VII. E. 8. 1. 



2. B. as'per (Murr.); pan. drooping with long slightly divided 

 branches, spikelets lanceolate, fl. remote linear-lanceolate, lo^oer 

 pale more or less hairy 5 — 7-ribbed, lowest fl. twice exceeding 

 the upper gl. and longer than its awn, I. broad hairy. — E. B. 



1 gvnonymoua with the genua Sohedonorus of Fries, not of Beauv. 



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