444 98. GEAMINE^. 



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

 long as broad.— ^. B. 1984. P. 126.— Top of the upper gl. l- 

 way to the top of the fourth flower. — Naturalized in various 

 places from Fife southwards. A. VII. VUI. E. S. 



\8. pat'ulus (Pari.) ; pan. spreading compound its branches 

 ultimately deflexed, spikelets lanceolate, pales unequal, lower 

 7-ribbed with two lateral prominent ribs and its sides bluntly an- 

 gular above the middle, anth. twice as long as broad. — P. 127. 

 — Not naturalized. A. VI.] E. 



\_S. sgaarrdsus (Pari.) ; pan. drooping simple, spikelets ovate- 

 lanceolate subcompressed, fl. nearly glabrous imbricate com- 

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

 the middle, awn twisted divaricate, 1. pubescent. — JB. B. 1885. 

 P. 128.— Not naturalized. A. VI. VII.] E. 



Tribe XII. Hordeieee. 



45. BEACHypo'BiTTM Pol. de Beauv. 



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

 terete alternate distichous, awns of the upper fl. longer than their 

 pales, 1. flat linear-lanceolate flaccid, root fhrous. — E. 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 usually hairy. — Woods and hedges. 



P. vn. E. s. I. 



2. B.pinndtum (Beauv.) ; spike erect, spikelets (at first) terete 

 alternate distichous, awns of the upper fl. shorter than their pales, 

 1. flat hnear-lanceolate rigid, creeping. — B. B. 780. P. 1.32 — 

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

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

 Sometimes the 1. are very narrow and involute, st. very many, 

 spikelets small smooth. — On dry limestone soil. P. VII. E. 



46. Tbit'icttm Linn. Wheat-grass. 



1. T. caninum (Huds.) ; spike rather close, spikelets 2 — 5-fl., 

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

 rachis hispid, 1. flat rough on both sides, root fihraus. — B. B. 

 1372. P. 62. — St. erect. Ribs on the upperside of 1. very 

 slender. Gl. round on the back, its ribs reaching the tip and 

 joining to form the short awn. Lower pale shorter than its 

 awn; or in an alpine form longer than it. — Banks, rare. 

 P. VTL E. S. 1. 



