398 97. GRAMINE. 
intermediate one faint —E. B.1006. P.50. B. madritensis Linn. 
—St. 6—12 in. high, glabrous. Rachis and pedicels scabrous. 
Remarkable for its erect panicle. Inner pale but little shorter 
than the outer.—8. rigidus (Bab.); panicle compact, pedicels very 
short, upper part of the st., pedicels, rachis and glumes pubescent. 
—Dry sandy places, rare. 8. Channel Islands. A. VI. VIT.—E. 8. 
[B. tectorum (L.); resembling B. diandrus, pan. secund droop- 
ing, inner pale much shorter than the outer.—Hoddesdon, Herts, 
introduced. | 
(5. B. maximus (Desf.); panicle erect lax at length nodding, 
branches slightly divided elongated after flowering, spikelets 
downy, outer pale 7-ribbed about half as long as its awn.— 
E. B. §. 2820. P. 115. Parnell’s figure erroneously represents 
the styles as terminal.—Height 1—2 feet. A most beautiful grass. 
—Sandy places. Channel Islands. A. VII.] 
43. Serraratcus Parlatore’. 
1. S. secalinus (Bab.); panicle loose droopimg in fr. slightly 
compound, simple peduncles about equalling the oblong glabrous 
spikelets, fl. at first loosely mmbricated afterwards distinct about 
as long as the straight awn, outer pale not overlapping the next 
fl., 1. hairy with nearly smooth sheaths.—Bromus Sm., E. B. 
1171. P. 49, 121 and 122.—In fr. the fl. are quite separate and 
the spikelets pendulous. Summit of the larger glume half-way 
between its base and the summit of the second fi. on the same 
side. Outer pale not twice as long as broad, longer than the 
inner, 7-ribbed.—§. B. velutinus (Sm.); panicle nearly simple, fi. 
larger downy. P. 123. E.B.1884.?—Corn-fields. 8. Between 
Edinburgh and Newhaven. Sm. A.? VI. VIL 
2. S. commutatus (Bab.); panicle loose slightly drooping com- 
pound, simple peduncles equalling or longer than the oblong- 
lanceolate spikelets, fl. loosely imbricated about as long as the 
straight awn, 1. and sheaths hairy.— Bromus Schrad. P.124. B. 
pratensis Sm., E. B. 920.—Outer pale only shghtly overlapping 
that of the next fl. at the base when in fruit, Summit of the 
larger glume half-way between its base and the summit of the 
second fl. on the same side. Outer pale twice as long as broad, 
longer than the inner, glabrous or downy, 7-ribbed.—8. multi- 
florus (Parn.); fl. more numerous, summit of the large glume 
rather more than falf-way between its base and the summit of 
the second floret. P.125.—Common. A.? VI. VII. 
3. S. mollis (Parl.); panicle close erect compound or simple, 
spikelets ovate somewhat compressed pubescent, fl. closely m- 
bricated about as long as the straight awn, midrib of the glumes 
and pales not scabrous, l. and sheaths hairy or downy.—Bromus 
1 Corresponds to the genus Bromus of Fries. 
