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spread and the spikelets droop. Top of upper gl. \-iomj heUceen 

 its base and the top of fourth fi. (second on the same side). Lower 

 pale not twice as long as broad, longer than the upper, 7-ribhed. 

 — ^. Bromus velutinus (Sm.) ; pan. nearly simple, fl. larger 

 downy. P. 123.— Corn-tields. A. VI. VII. E. S. 



** Fl. closely imhricate even with fruit. 



2. S. racemdsus (Pari.) ; pan. long erect usually simple, spike- 

 lets ovate rather compressed glossy, fl. imbricate about as long 

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

 and sheaths shghtly hairy. — S. B. 1070. — Top of the vpper glume 

 ^-way to the top of the fourth flower. Lower pale longer than 

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

 fruit.— Common. B. VI. E. I. 



3. S. commiefdUis (Bab.) ; pan. loose slightly drooping com- 

 pound, simple peduncles as long as or longer than the oblong- 

 lanceolate spikelets, fl. loose imbricate about as long as the 

 straight awn, sides of lower pale bluntly anyiilar above the middle, 

 1. and sheaths hairy. — P. 124. JE. B. 9i'0. — Lower pale only 

 slightly overlapping the next fl. at the base when in fruit. Top 

 of upper gl. \-way to top of fourth fl. Lower pale twice as long as 

 broad, longer than the upper, glabrous or downy, 7-ribbed. 

 Anth. 6 times as long as' broad. — 3. multiflorus (Parn.) ; more 

 numerous fl., top of upper gl. rather higher. P. 125. — Common. 

 B. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



4. S. mollis (Pari.) ; pan. close erect compound or rarely 

 simple, spikelets ovate rather compressed pubescent, fl. closely 

 imbricate about as long as the straight awn, sides of lower pale 

 bluntly angular about the middle, 1. and sheaths hairy or downy. — 

 K B. 1078. P. 116. — Top of the upper gl. ^-iray to the top of the 

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

 spikelets) ; or about ^-wav to the top of the eighth (pratensis 

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

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

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

 when it is B. raoemosus Parn. 119. — A maritime plant with 

 nearly or quite prostrate st., nearly simple pan., and nearly 

 glabrous pales, seems to be the B. horchacem (Fries). Another 

 with very short ped. and densely downy spikelets is also found 

 neai' the sea.— Common. A. ? V. VI. Lop-grass. E. S. I. 



*5. jS. arven'sis (Godr.) ; pan. spreading compound its branches 

 ultimately horizontal, spikelets Imear-lanceolate, pales equal in 

 knath loiver 7-ribbed with two prominent ribs near each margin 



