BROinrS. — SEEEAEAECUS. 433 



{£. tectdi-um (L.) ; like B. madritemis, pan. secund drooping, 

 upper pale much the shorter. — Introduced.] 



[5. max'imm (Desf.) ; pan. erect lax at length nodding, 

 branches slightly divided lengthened after flowering, spikelets 

 downy, lower pah 7-ribled about half as long as its awn. — 

 K B. S. 2820.— Height 1—2 feet. A most beautiful grasa.— 

 — Sandy places. Channel Islands. A. VII.] 



44. Sbeeapal'ctjs Parlatore K 



* FL atjirst loosely imbricate, afterwards distinct and 

 cylindrical. 



*1. -S. sec^inm (Bab.) ; pan. loose drooping in fr. slightly 

 compound, simple peduncles about as long as the oblong gla- 

 brous spikelets, fl. about as long as the straigbt awn, lower 

 pale not overlapping the next fl. uniformlv rounded at the sides, 

 1. hairy.— ^. B. 1171. P. 49, 121 & 122.— With seed the fl. 

 spread and the spikelets droop. Tip of upper gl. ^-%oay between 

 its base and the top of fourth Jl. (second on same side). Lower 

 pale not twice as long as broad, longer than the upper, 7-ribbed. 

 — /3. Bromus veltdinus (Sm.) ; pan. nearly simple, fl. larger 

 downy. P. 12.3. E. B. 1884 ?— Corn-fields. /3. Between 

 Edinburgh and Newhaven. Sm. A. ? VI. VII. E. S. I. 



** Fl. closely imbricate even with fruit. 



2. S. racemdsus (Pari.); pan. long erect usually simple, spike- 

 lets ovate rather compressed glossy, fl. imbricate about as long 

 as the straight awn, lower pale uniformly rounded at the sides, 1. 

 and sheaths slightly hairy. — E. B. 1079. — Top of the upper glume 

 ^-way to the top of the fourth flower. Lower pale longer than 

 tiie upper. Anth. 4 times as long as broad. Pan. close with 

 fruit.— Common. B. VI. E. I. 



3. S. commutdtus (Bab.) ; pan. loose slightly drooping com- 

 pound, simple peduncles as long as or longer than the oblong- 

 lanceolate spikelets, fl.. loose, imbricate about as long as the 

 straight awn, sides of lower pale bluntly angular above the middle, 

 1. and sheaths hairy. — P. 124. Bromus pratenm Sm., E. B. 920. 

 — Lower pale only slightly overlapping the next fl. at the base 

 when in fruit. Top of upper gl. i-way to top of fourth^. Lower 

 pale twice as long as broad, longer than the upper, glabrous or 

 downy, 7-ribbed. Anth. 6 times as long as broad. — j3. midti- 



fiorus (Pam.) ; more numerous fl., top of upper gl rather higher. 

 P. 125.— Common. B. VI. VU. E. S. I. 



' Corresponds to the genus Bromus of Fries ; to part of Bromus 

 of Sm., Hook., &c. 



