■432 98. GEAMIHE^E. 



der truly distichous, lower ones stalked, rarely in pairs, upper 

 nearly sessile, fl. distant, lower gl. 6 — S-ribbed, veins of lower 

 pale parallel, no awn, rachis flattish.— ^. B. 1821. P. 45, 113 

 & 114— Wet meadows. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



43. Ekd'hits Linn} 



* Spikehts 'broader upwards -when in flower, not afterwards. 

 JRibs of upper pale finely fringed. 



1. B. erec'tus (Huds.) ; pan. erect nearly simple, spikelets 

 linear-lanceolate, fl. remote subcylindrical, lower pale indistinctly 

 7-veined, lowest fl. J exceeding the upper gl. and longer than its 

 awn, root-1. very narrow ciliate. — E. B. 471. P. 51. — St. 2 — 3 

 ft. high, erect. Root-1. convolute; upper 1. broadest; sheaths 

 somewhat hairy with upward hairs. — ^. villosus; lower pale 

 hairy. — On dry sandy and chalky soil. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



2. B. as'per (Murr.) ; pan. drooping with long slightly divided 

 branches, spikelets lanceolate, fl. remote linear-lanceolate, lower 

 pale more or less hairy 5 — 7-ribbed, lowest fl. twice exceeding 

 the upper gl. and longer than its awn, I. broad hairy. — B. B. 

 1172. P. 51. — St. 4 — 5 feet high. L. flat ; lower ones broadest ; 

 sheaths with downward hairs. — This is the B. serotinus (Benek.). 

 The true B. asper appears to difler by having a glabrous upper 

 sheath, much more hairy pales, more nearly glabrous glumes. — 

 Damp woods and thickets. P. ? VII. E. S. I. 



** Spikelets always broader upwards. Bibs of upper pale 

 strongly fringed. Awn long. 



3. B. ster'ilis (L.) ; pan. drooping, branches long slightly di- 

 vided, spikelets linear-lanceolate, fl. remote, lower pale glabrous 

 shorter than its awn loith 7 distinct equidistant ribs, 1. pubescent. 

 —K B. 1030. P. 50.— Height 1—2 feet. L. broad, flat.— Waste 

 places. A. VI. E. S. I. 



4. B. madriten'sis (L.) ; panicle erect, branches short scarcely 

 divided, spikelets lanceolate, fl. linear remote subcylindrical, 

 lower pale about as long as its awn 7-ribbed, 2 lateral ribs 

 close together, interm. rib faint. — E. B. 1006. P. 60.— a. B. 

 diandrus (Curt.) ; St. glabrous, rachis and pedicels rough. St. 

 6 — 12 in. high. Remarkable for its erect panicle. Upper pale 

 but little shorter than the lower. — [/3. B. rigidus (Rotb) ; pan. 

 compact, pedicels very short, upper part of st., pedicels, rachis 

 and gl. pubescent.] — Dry sandy places, rare. [3. Channel 

 Islands.] A. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



' Synonymous with the genus Schedonorus of Fries, not of Beauv. 



