B R O 



Splif.'itt, broader than thofe of the preccdirg, acute, 

 native of Cliili, whofe iiihiibitants life a dctnaimi ot its 



B R O 



A ing, modtj frnipk ; fiorets lanceolate, ribbed, furrowed, leavei 



root downy." Ui'. Smith. Root annu.il, finall; fibres capillary. Stem 



« a uurffauve. I t. D. Ms W«. La M.rtk, 111. " Pani- a foot a.id half high, lla.dcr, ilriated, leafy »" the top Lcai-,, 



'I, LS; fp.kcU-ts, ovate, f.nooth ; plumes furnilhcd «ith fprcading, flat, rather flacad, narrow, (harp.ni nbbed, rough 



hr'-ad membranaceous auricle.." Kafvc of Mor.t.Vide9. at the cd>;.s. Shcadu cyhudnc. ribbed, wuh (oh deflextd hairt, 

 Commerfon. i+. U. //i««.". Reich. " Panicle, erett ; 

 fpikclcts, roundilh, awl Ihaptd, naked, nearly awnlcfs." Pol- 

 hch. Root, perennial, extremely creeping. Slim, a loot 



and half high, Uiiatcd, fmooth. I.e.ivrt broad, acummate. 

 fmooth. dark green; mid-rib whitilli, rough. Panicle, at 

 lirft cl»fe and upright, afterwards widely fprcading, and 

 i.odding a little at the top. PeJicelh levcral together. 

 lower ones terv long, upper ones very fhort, often quite 

 limple. SpiLhii containing from feven to ten florets. 

 Clumei of tbt eJyx unequal, lanceolate, concave, blunt. 

 fmooth. grcenifti." wiih broad, liivery, thin, membrana- 

 ceouD edges ; larger glume with <me green nerve, finaller 

 with three. dumes of the corolla unequal ; larger with 

 feven green raifed ftreaks. awn Ihort, frcqueiitly want- 

 ing ; Jmalhr, flat, membranaceous, narrower, the edges 

 rolled back, and furroundcd by two green rough ftreaks. 

 Martyn quoted from Krockcr Flora Silifiaca. La Mar.k 

 in his lilulL has directed the defcription in Encyc. 

 Meth. to be expunged. Native of Germany and Swif- 

 I'erland. 15. B. Pj/ir, Linn. Sup. ram^Jhs, Syft. Veg. 

 Kd. IJ. but not Manlifla ; nemcniUs, Hudlon ; hlrfulus, 

 Curtis; dumdtrvin. La Mnrck. (Curtis fafc. 2 Pi. «. Eng. 

 Cot. 1 1-2. Knap, 85.) "I'ar.icle drooping, branched; florets 

 Lanceolate, almotl cylindrical, but flijhtly ribbed ; leaves uni- 

 form, lower ones hairy." Dr. Smith. 7^60/ annual or biennial. 

 iS/.m often i\^ feet liigh, crcA ; fmooth in the upper part. 

 J-eavei fprer.ding, broad, of a full green, ribbed, rough, 

 clothed with long fpreading hairs, all nearly of equal 

 breadth ; fieaths rough, with deflcxed hairs. Sfih-kts li- 

 near-oblong, pendulous, often browniih, a little downy. 

 Ctilyx-gliinies \xry unequal. F/orels shout nine, roughifii on 

 the keel ; awn rough, (horter than the glumes; inner glume 

 clofely fiinged ; its membranaceous edges btnt in. yintkers 

 fatfron-coluured. Moill woods and hedgi s in England, 

 Germany, Swifferlaud. 16. B. ei\Sus, Hudfor, Ed. I. 

 fraserfis, I.a Marck. (Eng. Bot. 471. Knap, SC\) "Pa- 

 jiicle, ertft, a little brarehed ; florets lanceolate, roundiili, 

 radical leaves narrow, ciliate, with white fcattercd hairs." 

 Dr. Smith. TJco.' perennial, black, downy. Stem about 

 three feet high, creel, Iliff and llvait, I'lir.ple, rarely pubef- 

 cent. I.ravcs linear-lanecolatc, Ilriated, rough. Sheaths 

 ilriated, fmooth. Pivn.-w nt-arly tlmple. .Syj/^f/Vw linear-ob- 

 long, comprefTed, erect, often of a purple hue, either fmooth 

 or downy. Ca!yx-gliin:,s lanccokte, acute, keeled ; the 

 •liner one lartjer, three-nerved, p.'orr/s from five to nine, 

 imbiicatrd, lanceolate, a little con.pre!!ed, f -mewhat angu- 

 lar, keeled, fliglitly nerved, rough nt the keel ; awns about 

 the leu;;th of tiie keel, barely dorfal, llrait, rough : inner 

 glume rather downy than ptttinated. Approachi:'g to 

 K'ftuca, in which genus Dr. Smith would have been inclin- 

 ed to place it, if it had not fo dole an affinity with B. afper, 

 ail indubitable bronnis. Sandy or chalky loil in England 

 .'.nd France. 17. B. Uttoreus, Willd. " Panicle nearly 

 creft, rough ; fpikelets oblong, from four to fix-flov^'cred, 

 fmooth, nearly aw^nlcfs." Rciz. Native of Sweden, Po- 

 merania, SwifTerland. 18. B. dliatus, Linn. " Panicle 

 drooping ; leaves fliglitly hairy on both fides, as alfo the 

 iheaths ; glumes ciliated." Root perennial. Stem (lender. 

 Spiteleti oblong, comprelTed, eight-flov\ered. Calyx-glumes 

 naked. Corol-glumes lanceolate, very hairy at their edges, but 

 not on the back. Native of Canada. 18. B. lierilis, Linn. (Cur- 

 tis Faf. I. Pl. 9. Eng. Bot. lojo.Knap 84.) " Panicle dtuop- 



.9/;/M/e oblong, torn. /"<;«;>/:? large, flendcr, fpreading, rough. 

 Sp'd-elds lanceolate, pendulous, browniih green, afterward* 

 daik purple, from fix to eight-flowered. Cnlyx-glumes very 

 unequal, the larger one angular, ribbed. Corol-glumes with 

 feven or nine nerves, the two near the edge the greateft, 

 furrowed, and a little downy between the ribs: the inner 

 ghnne piAiiiated with ditlant briftles. Styles growing la- 

 terally out of the germen. A native of uncultivated places 

 in Englaud and other parts of Europe. i9.B.a/-i;cn/i'j, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. 920. Knap. 82.) ♦' Panicle fpreading ; peduncles 

 branched ; fpikelets lanceolate, about eight-flowered ; flo- 

 rets elliptical, imbricated, deprefled, fmootliilh." Dr. Smith. 

 RurA annual, fmall. SL'm two or th.ree teet high, leafy, ilri- 

 ated, fmootii. Leaves Ilriated, a little downy on each fide, 

 rough at the edges. Sheaths thickly clothed with foft hairs 

 pointing downwards. Stipule very fiiort. Panicle rather ereft, 

 many-flov\'ered ; branches whorled, fpreading, rough. Spihe- 

 /f/j acute ; at firil ercft, afterwards drooping; rer-;rk3ble 

 for a glofl"y appearance, fcarcely obfervable in otli-.- homi. 

 Calyx-glumes very unequal, acute, ribbed, membrai us at 



the edge. Glumes of the corolla, the outer one n . .t the 

 keel, membranaceous at the edge ; inner one fmali-. with- 

 out nerves, obtufe, peftinated at the edge. Seed viluuis at 

 the fummit. A native of England, and other parts of Eu- 

 rope, fometimes in corn fields, but as frequently in cultivated 

 places. 20. B. fpicttli tenuata, Knapp. (PI. 81.) " Pa- 

 nicle branched and drooping ; branches fupporting one or 

 feveral fpikelets ; fpikelets acutely lanceolate ; florets 

 fmooth." Alhcd to the preceding. Stem from one to three 

 fceth high. In its more luxuriant Hate, branches very long ; 

 upright when young, flexile and pendent in maturity. Spite- 

 lets about eight-flowered. Calyx fmooth, four-nbbed, fer- 

 rated on tlie keel. Corolla fmooth, but with fome Imall fpincs 

 on the back. When the panicle firft rifes from the fheath- 

 ing of the upper leaf, the lower ftage of branches is gene- 

 rally, though not univerfally, fupported by two caducous 

 bracles, perhaps peculiar to this ipecies. Found by Mr. 

 Knapp fparingly at Seaton, on the coall; of Durham. 21. 

 'El. geniculatus, Linn. Man. " Panicle eicd ; florets diftant ; 

 peduncles angular ; ftem procumbent at the knot." Root 

 annual. Stems fcarcely four inches high, decumbent to the 

 lad knot. Panicle fpreading. Pedicells not at all attenuated, 

 but comprefftd, obfcurely ihrce-fided, but with only two 

 fharp angles, rough. Spiielets oblong, four-flowered. Florets 

 rough, fcarcely downy. j^-U'n ftrait, the length of the flo- 

 ret. Native of Portugal. 22. B. /i.'(7c;-i/m, Linn. "Panicle 

 drooping ; fpikelets linear." Root annual, or at moft bi- 

 ennial. Stems about a foot high, after flowering lying on the 

 ground. Leaves narrow, flat, pubefcent on the lower fide, 

 white villofe on the upper, ciliate towards the bafe ; lower 

 {heaths villous. Peduncles capillary. Spiielets about five-flow- 

 ered, y^wa llrait, very (lender, the length of the glume. 

 Native of the continent of Europe, on walls and dry hills. 

 23- B. giganteus, Linn. Jrigofus, La Marck, lUuil. (Curtis 

 Faf. 5. PI. 7. Knap, 87.) "Panicle drooping, branched, with 

 about four florets in the fpikelet." Knap. Root perennial. 

 Stem from four to feven feet high, fmooth and fhining, ftri- 

 ated, leafy. Leaves rather ereft, acuminate, a foot long, 

 broad, flat, ribbed, rough on both fides and at the edges ; 

 ftieaths long, ilriated, perfcftly fmooth. Stipule fliort, clafp- 

 ing the ftem, purphfh. Pi/r/iV/e elongated, branched, many, 

 flowered, the rachis and branches rough. Spiielets alternate, 



ovate- 



