344 FLORA OF OXFORDSHIRE, 
8. Swere. Adderbury, Upper Tadmarton, Barford, A. Fy. Broughton, 
Cropredy. ; 
4, Ray. Kirtlington, W. Wilson Saunders, ‘15 to 18 inches high,’ 
Rousham, Middleton Stoney, Bx. Marston, Sib. / abundant on all 
the walls. 
5. Isis. Eynsham, Bx. Bampton. 
6. Thame. Iffley, Sib. Bate’s Ley’s Thame, Bx. Shotover, H. Bos. 
Cowley, Newb. Great Haseley, Stanton St. John, Bullingdon. 
7. Thames. Goring. 
Berks. Marcham, Rep. of Rec. Club, 1883. Wootton. Bucks, 
Northants, Gloster E., Warwick. 
BROMUS. L. 
B. sterilis, L. Barren Brome Grass. 
Top. Bot. 498. Syme, E. B. xi. 163.1799. Nym. 821. 
Native. Viatical. Waysides, wall-tops, banks, waste places. Very 
common, occurring in all the districts. A. June. 
First record, Sib. 1794. 
Occurs on wall-tops in Oxford, as in Rose Lane, etc. In such situations 
the spikelets become condensed ; could such a state have been mistaken for 
madritensis by the early botanists ? 
B. asper, Murr. Fairy-stalked Brome Grass. 
Top. Bot. 498. Syme, E. B. xi. 157.1795. Nym. 822. 
Native. Septal, etc. Hedges, woods, copses. Occurs in all the 
districts, but not as a very abundant grass. P. June, July. 
First record, Sib. 1794. B. hirsutus, Curt. 
Gulliver in his list included a B. asper as well as a B. hirsutus. 
B. Benekenii has not been noticed in the county, the Oxon plant being 
B. serotinus, Ben. 
B. erectus, Huds. Upright Brome Grass. 
Top. Bot. 499. Syme, E. B. xi. 159.1796. Nym. 822. 
Native. Glareal, pascual. Dry limestone and chalky pastures, field- 
borders, rail-banks, etc. ‘Locally abundant. P. June, July. 
First record, Sherard, 1690, and first as a British plant. Festuca 
avenacea sterilis spicis erectis, R. 
1. Stour. Near the Stourwell. 
. Ouse. Mixbury. 
. Swere. Somewhere near Banbury, Canalside, Bees. Somerton. 
4. Ray. Headington Wick, Bx. Beckley! A. Fr. Stow Wood! 
H. Bos. Marston, abundant by railside between Kirtlington and 
Upper Heyford, the Parks Oxford. 
. Isis. Hedges beyond Botley, Bobart; this probably is in Berks. 
About Cornbury Quarries and several other parts of Wychwood 
Forest, Blackstone, 1746. Ditchley Park, Mr. Woodward. Wood- 
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