442 98. GEAMmEiE. 



1172. P. 61. B. serotinus (Benek.).— St. 4—5 ieet high. L. 

 flat ; lower ones broadest ; sheaths with downward hairs. — The 

 B. Beneken a (Syme) appears to have a glabrous upper sheath, 

 much more hairy pales, more nearly glabrous glumes. I have 

 not seen any native specimen according with it. — Damp woods 

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



** Spihelets always hroaier upwards. Ribs of iq>per pale 

 strongly fringed. Awn long. 



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

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

 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. madriten' sis (L.) ; panicle erect, branches short scarcely 

 divided, spikelets lanceolate, fl. linear remote subcylindrical, 

 lotoer pale about as long as its aivn 7-ribbed, 2 lateral ribs 

 close together, irtterm. rib faint. — E. B. 1006. P. 50. — a. B. 

 diandrus (Curt.) ; st. glabrous, rachis and pedicels rough. St. 

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

 but little shorter than the lower. — [0. B. rigidus (Roth) ; pan. 

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

 and gl. pubescent.] — Dry sandy places, rare. f/S. Channel 

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



[B. tectorum (L.) ; like B. madritensis, pan. seound drooping, 

 upper pale much the shorter. — Introduced.] 



[5. max'imus (Desf.) ; pan. erect lax at length nodding, 

 branches slightly divided lengthened after flowering, spikelets 

 downy, loioer pale 7-ribbed about half as lonq as its aim. — 

 E. B. S. 2820.— Height 1—2 feet. A most beautiful grass.— 

 Sandy places. Channel Islands. A. VIII.] 



44. Seeeaeal'cits Parlatore^. 



* Fl. at first loosely imbricate, afterwards distinct and 

 cylindrical. 



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

 compound, simple peduncles about as long as the oblong gla- 

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

 pale not overlapping the next fl. uniformly rounded at the sides, 

 1. haiiy.- ^. B. 1171. P. 49, 121 & 122.— With seed the fl. 



' Corresponds to the genus Bromus of Fries : to part of Bromus 

 of Sm., Hook., &c. 



