46 FLORA OF JERSEY. 



according to Prof. E. Hackel, " nothing but stout madritensis. 

 Grenier and Gordon (and Lloyd) misunderstood it totally by 

 naming it as a variety of maximus." — Beport of Bot. Exoh. 

 Club, 1898, p. 593. 



2. B. MAXIMUS Desf. 



Native. Sandy fields. Locally abundant. May to July. 



St.Helier's. St. Aubin's Bay. St. Ouen's Bay. Grouville 

 Common. Pontac. Greve d'Azette. 



Guernsey (? casual). Alderney (abundant). Normandy. W. 

 Prance. S. and W. Europe as far north as Alderney and 

 Normandy. 



3. B. STBBIUS L. 



Native. Eoadsides and hedges. Common. May, June. 

 Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. France. 



4. B. MOLLIS L. 



Native. Fields and waste places. Very common. May to 

 July. 



Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. France. 

 ? Var. HORDBACBns Fr. (B. hoedbaceus L., B. aeenarius 

 Thom.), a plant with decumbent stems and compact, ovoid 

 panicles, with glossy, very short-stemmed spikelets, is com- 

 mon on the sands of the coast. Multitudes of dwarf plants 

 with one, two, or three spikelets may often be found. 

 (? B. NANUS Weig.) 



5. B. commutatus Schrad. 



? Casual. Not seen recently. 



Fields near St. Saviour's. -Ba5. "Bare."/. Piquei, sp. 

 1870! 



6. -B. secalinus L. 



? Casual. Not seen recently. 



" The Quenvais and St. Aubin's Bay. Rare." J. Piquet, 

 sj]. 1872 ! 



7. B. iinioloides Kunth. 



Casual. 



Hillside above St. Aubin's. /. IF. White in Eeport of Bot. 

 Exchange Club, 1897. 



35. Brachypodium Beauv. 

 1. B. siLVATiouM R. and S. 



Native. Woods and hedges. Rather local. June to August. 



