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outline, and fewer flowered (about seven). The outer palea is also 

 blunter and broader. Towards maturity the "seeds" tend to 

 stand apart in the spikelet giving the latter a heavv appearance. 

 (Fig. 70 a.) 



Bromus mollis, L. (Soft Brome-grass.) (Fig. 71.) 

 This plant very closely resembles B. arvensis, and is generally 

 considered as a variety of it. It is however a far more common 



Fig. 71. Bromus arvensis var. 

 mollis. About | nat. size. 



Fig. 72. "Seed" of Bromus arvensis var. 

 mollis. x 5. Back and front views. 

 The fine hairs on the outer palea 

 cannot readily be shown on this scale. 



form in Britain, being abundant as a weed in meadows, on waysides, 

 and in open places generally. Its sheaths, blades, glumes, etc., are 

 covered with longer and softer hairs than those of B. arvensis. 

 It is distinguished mainly by the hairiness of its empty glumes, 

 and also by the apex of the larger glume being midway between 

 its base and the top of the outer palea of the sixth flower of the 

 spikelet. There are other minor differences, e.g. the keels of the 



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