434 98. GEAMiNiLai. 



4. S. mol'lis (Pari.); pan. close erect compoimd or rarely 

 simple, spikelets ovate rather compressed pubescent, fl. closely 

 imbricate about as long as the straight awn, sides of lower pale 

 hhmtly angular about the middle, 1. and sheaths hairy or downy. — 

 E. B. 1078. P. 116. — Top vf the upper gl. \-ioay to the top of the 

 ^xthfiower ; or a little higher (ovalis Parn. 117, with short oval 

 spikelets) ; or about i-way to the top of the eighth (pratensis 

 Parn. 118, with longer spikelets). Lower pale longer than the 

 upper. Simple ped. not longer than the spikelets. Anth. about 

 thrice as long as broad. Rarely the spikelets are glabrous, 

 when it is B. racemosiis Parn. 119. — A maritime plant with 

 nearly or quite prostrate St., nearly simple pan., and nearly 

 glabrous pales, seems to be the £. hordeaceus (Fries). Another 

 with very short ped. and densely downy spikelets is also found 

 near the sea. — Common. A. ? V. VI. Lop-grass. E. 8. 1. 



[*5. S. arven' sis {Godir.); pan. spreading compound its branches 

 ultimately horizontal, spikelets linear-lanceolate, pales equal in 

 length lower 7 -ribbed with 2 prominent ribs near each margin 

 and its sides bluntly angular above the middle, anth. 4 times as 

 long as broad.— .E. B. 1984. P. 126.— Top of the upper gl. J- 

 way to the top of the fourth flower. — Naturalized in various 

 places from Fife southwards. A. VH. VIIL] E. S. 



\8. pat'ulus (Pari.) ; pan. spreading compound its branches 

 ultimately defiexed, spikelets lanceolate, pales unequal, lower 

 7-ribbed with 2 lateral prominent ribs and its sides bluntly an- 

 gular above the middle, anth. twice as long as broad. — P. 127. 

 —Not naturalized. A. VI.] E. 



[<S. squarrdsus (Pari.) ; pan. drooping simple, spikelets ovate- 

 lanceolate subcompressed, fl. nearly glabrous imbricate com- 

 pressed, lower pale 9-ribbed and its sides bluntly angular above 

 the middle, awn twisted divaricate, 1. pubescent. — J?. B. 1885. 

 P. 128.— Not naturalized. A. VI. VII.] E, 



Trite XII. Hordeiece. 



45. Beaohtpo'dittm Pal. de Beauv. 



1. B. sylvat'icum (E. & S.) ; spike drooping, spikelets (at first) 

 terete alternate distichous, awns of the upper fl. longer than their 

 pales, 1. flat linear-lanceolate flaccid, root fibrous. — E. B. 729. 

 P. 6l. — St. usually solitary or 2 or 3 from the same root, erect, 

 1 — 2 feet high. Sheaths hairy. Ligule short, blunt, notched 

 or torn. L. ciliate. Pales usually hairy. — Woods and hedges. 

 P. vn. E. S. I. 



