360 CLXXiii. GRAMiNE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [^Bromus, 0. Stapf. 



Sect. III. SsRaAPALCus, Farl. (Gen.) Annuals. Ql. I 3-5- rarely 

 1-nerved; II 5-9.nerved; flg. gls. 7-9-nerved; internodes of rachilla 

 clavate above. . 



* Fig. gig. all 1-aumed. Panicle compact, rarely loose, branches short, 



6. B. scoparlus, Linn. Cent. PI. i. 6, i^. PI. 76 ; panicle very com- 

 pact oblong to obovate, spikelets densely fascicled about j-j in., flg. gls. 

 oblong obtnse, awn ^ the gl. at length spreadiag. Xanth Enum. PI. i. 

 420 ; Bor^ Exped. Moree, t. 5 ; Steud. 8yn. Oram. 318 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 V. 650. B. confertua, Bieb. FL Taur. O'auc. i. 71 ; Steud. I. c. 324 ; Bathie 

 Grass. N.W. pad. 42. B. chrysopogou, Viv. Fl. Lyb. Spec. 4, t. 2; Steud. 

 I. c. 327. B. ereotus, Moris Stirp. Sard. Blench, i. 50 (non Suds.). B. 

 humilis, Cav. Ic. vi. 65, t 589. ?B. rubens, Cav. I. c. t. 45 (non Linn.). 

 Serrafalcus scoparias, Pari. Fl. Ital. i. 19. S. Cavanillesii, Willk. & 

 Lange Prodr. Fl. Hisp. i. 101. 



Kashmib, alt. 5-6000 ft.. Falconer, Duthie. — Disteib. Reg. Mediterr., Oriens. 



Annual. Stems J-H ft'> erect, slender, glabrons. Leaves 2-3^ in. by ^ in., 

 linear, acute, hairs scattered stiff; sheaths tight, glabrous, mouth hairy; ligule 

 short, truncate, toothed. Panicle 1-lf in., erect, compact; racbis smooth; 

 branches solitary or binate, short, crowded, scaberulous, Spikelets xo~t i°' broad, 

 pale green, densely 5-8-fld., rachilla scaberulous ; glumes glabrous or liairy, nerves 

 strong ; gl. I f •"•> ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, 3-5-nerved ; II ^ in. , 5-7- 

 nerved ; flg. gls. j in., minutely 2-fid, 7- sub 9-nerved ; awn slender; keels of 

 obtuse palea loosely long-ciliate. Anthers ^'j, ^^ in. Gi-ain ^ in., linear-oblong, 

 flatly concavo-convex or folded. 



7. B. mollis, Linn. 8p. PI. Ed. 11. 112 ; panicle compact or loose 

 but contracted ovate to oblong branches distinct, spikelets ^f in. ovate- 

 oblong or elliptic, awn about as long as the gl. straight. Host Oram. Austr. 

 i. 16, 1. 19 ; Fl. Dan. t. 1324 ; Engl. Bot. 1. 1078 ; Knapp Gram. Britt. t. 77 ; 

 Eeichh. le. Fl. Germ. t. 74 ; Schreb. Beschr. Oram. t. 6, f. 1 ; Kwnth Enum. 

 PI. i. t. 413, Suppl. 340; Steud. Syn. Gram. 323 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. iv. 

 361 ; Steud. Syn. Oram. 323 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 653 ; Buthie Grass. N.W. 

 Ind. (^Boyle's plant only) B. arenarius, Thomine Desm. in Mem. Sac. 

 Linn. Galv. (1824) 40 (non Labill.). B. atticus, Steud. ex Nym. Consp. 823 ; 

 Syn. Gram. 321. B. compactus. Sort, ex Steud. Nom. Ed. II. ii. 227. B. 

 Perronii, MoAelli in Act. Soc. Linn. Bard. xxv. (1864) 613. B. glomeratus, 

 Tausch in Flora, xx. (1837) 125 (ex Boiss.) ; Steud. I. c. 328. B. bordeacens, 

 Limn. Sp. PI. 77. B. nanus, Weig. Qbs. 8. B. patulus, Duthie Grass. 

 N.W.'Ind. 42 {in part). B. simplicissimus, Cesati ex Nym. I.e. Serra- 

 falcus mollis. Part. Bar. PI. Sic. ii. 16. 8. Thomini, Sard, in Congr. Sc. 

 Fr. Septr. I. (1833) 59. 



Nobth-West India, Herl. Royle (Introd. ?). — Disteib. Europe, K. Afr., As. 

 Min. 



Annual. Stems i-S f(., erect or ascending, villous to glabrons. Leaves 1^4 

 in., linear, acute, flaccid, subhirsute above, pubescent beneath; sheaths velvety 

 or softly hairy ; ligule very sbort, denticulate, glabrous or hairy. Panicle 1-6 in,, 

 erect, rachis hairy ; branches 3-6-nate, scabrid or softly pubescent. Spikelets 

 i-i in. broad, pale green, densely 5-12-fld., rachilla scaberulous ; gls. broad, hairy 

 to velvety, rarely glabrescent, nerves strong, tips and margins scarious ; I J-^in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute or mucronate, 5-nerved, midrib percurrent ; II i in., elliptic- 

 oblonsf, 7-9-nerved; flg. gls. -^-J in., broadly subobovate, obtuse, shortly 2-lobed, 

 7-nerved ; awn subterminal as long or i-ather shorter than the gl. ; palea obtusely 



