GRASS FAMILY 



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not compressed, and the awns mostly short. (Name from the 

 Latin serra, a saw, jalx, a sickle.) 



1. 5. secdimis (Rye Brome). — Sleim erect, stiff, i — 4 feet high, 

 smooth, or rarely pubescent ; panicle slightly branched, loose, 

 spreading, 3 — 5 in. long, with rough, flexuous rachis and branches 

 .5 — 5 together; s pikelets ohVjwg, glabrous, 5 — ro-flowered ; flower- 

 ing- glume longer than the pale, about as long as its awn. — Corn- 

 fields ; common. — Fl. June — September. — ^'nnual. 



2. 5. racenwsus (Smooth Brome). — ■ 

 A stiff, nearly smooth plant, i — 3 feet 

 high : leaves stiff, ciliate ; panicle long, 

 erect, narrow, simple, with long, slender 

 branches, 3 — 3 together ; spikelels 

 ovate, glossy, 6 — lo-flowered, with 

 awns as long as the flowers ; lower 

 empty glume lanceolate ; flowering 

 glumes iaibricate, rounded at the 

 sides. — Fields and waste places. — Fl. 

 June — September. Biennial. 



3. S. conimutdtus (Meadow Brome\ 

 — -A stouter form, more hairy ; panicle 

 more compound, loose, slightly droop- 

 ing ; spilielets shorter, oblong-lanceo- 

 late ; flitveriiig glumes imbricate, 

 bluntly angular at the sides. — Com- 

 mon. — Fl. June, July. Biennial. 



4. S. /lordedceus (Soft Brome, Lop- 

 grass). — A glaucous green, pubescent 

 plant, resembling .S. raceinbsiis, 1 — 2 

 feet high ; haves soft, wuh rough 

 edges : panicle i — 3 in. long, ovoid, 

 erect, close, slightly branched, with 

 very short branches ; spHwleis ovate, 

 pubescent, 6 — ic-flowered; hwei 

 empty glume broadly ovate : flowering glumes imbricate, bluntly 

 angular at the sides, pubescent, with awns as long as themselves. — 

 Roadsides; common. Very variable.— Fl. ;\ray — July. Annual. 



5.* S. arvhisis (Field Brome), i — 3 feet high, with smooth stem ; 

 hairy leaves; panicle spreading, pyramidal; 4 — S in. long, w-bh 

 very long, hair-like, roughish branches given off 5 — 7 together 

 and becoming horizontal, with a few green or dull violet lanceo- 

 late spikehis, each about I in. long, near their ends, and straight, 

 dark awns as long as the flowers, is commonly naturalised. — Fl. 

 July, August. Annual. 



SEnr:.\FALCr? HORDE.XCEVS 

 {Sf/t Field Brome). 



