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ovate-lanceolate, fmooth, drooping. Calyx-glumet unequal, 

 acuminate, fmooth, keeled ; the inner one broad, or with 

 three ribs. Outer glume of the corolla fmooth, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, fcarcely keekd, with five ribs at the fummit ; a'wn 

 terminal, two or three times longer than the i^oret, capil- 

 lary; white, fometimes a little bent : inner glume the length 

 and nearly the breadth of the other, its edge rough, but not 

 ciliated. Dr. Smith, who on that account places it under 

 the genus feftuca. Mr. Kuapp fays the inner valve of the 

 corolla is minutely frinj^ed, and in his figure, the awn is de- 

 cidedly dorfjl, but neither of thefe particulars is confirmed 

 by our fpecimcns gathered in Yorkfhire. We have, ncvcr- 

 thelefs, continvitd it among the bromi, induced, rather by 

 the general habit of the plant, than by any other confidera- 

 tion. A native of woods and moift hedges in the temperate 

 parts of Europe. 24. B.rulicns, Linn. " Panicle fafcicu- 

 fated, fpiktlctci nearly feffile, villous, awrs ereft." The fco- 

 parius of Linnxus is fufpefted by La Marek, and determined 

 by Cavanilles, to be only a variety. Root annual. Stem from 

 feven to ten inches high, a little bent at its lower knots. 

 Leaves fmooth, fliort, and llriated. Sp'dehts fomctimcs 

 fmooth, fometimes green, often blood-red, but generally 

 paler : awns fometimes upright, fometimes diviricated on 

 the fame plant. Native of Spain. 25. B. rigenj, Linn. 

 Mant. " Panicle fpiked ; fpikelets nearly feffile, ereft, 

 downy, with about four florets." Stems fix or feven inches 

 high, leafy. Leaves ribbed, (lightly hairy on the upper fur- 

 face ; (heaths covering the whole culm. SpHelets fcattered, 

 tenacious. Aivns nearly ereft, the length of the fpikelet. 

 A native of Portugal, Vandcl. 26. B. tr'ijlorus, Linn. " Pa- 

 nicle fpreading, with about three flowers." Stem near two 

 feet high. Leaves with fliort hairs. Panicle fix or feven 

 inches long. Splhelets oblong, pointed. La Marck. Native 

 of Germany and Denmark. 27. B. Jiandrus, Curtis ; ma- 

 dritenfis, Linnsiis ; muralis, Hudfon, 2d Ed. ciliafus, lit 

 Ed. dilatatus, I.,a Marck ; (Curtis Flor. Lond. Fafc. I. 

 PI. 9. Eng. Bot. ioo6. Knap. 83.) " Panicle upright, 

 fpreading, fcarcely fubdivided ; florets lanceolate, ribbed ; 

 furrowed with only two ftamens." Dr. Smith. /?5(3/ annual. 

 Stems a foot and half high, ereft, ftiif, (lender, (triatcd, 

 fmooth. Leaves often entirely fmooth ; (heaths ribbed, a 

 little keeled, generally fmooth, but fometimes with hairs 

 pointing downward. Stipule (hort. Panicle fcarcely three 

 inches long, ereft. Spikelets linear-lanceolate, ereft, rough, 

 often brownilh. Florets diandrous, (lightly ribbed, the two 

 principal ribs (landing peculiarly clofe to each other. Found 

 by Dr. Withering in Portugal, and by fir Jofeph Banks at 

 the foot of St. Vincent's rock near Briftol. It is probably 

 the fame plant with the B. rigidus of Willdenow, who does 

 not appear to have known that the madritenfis of Linra:u3 

 is diandrous. 28. B. JUpioidcs, Linn. Mant. ; incrajfatus. 

 La Marck. Encyc. Method. " Panicle ereft, ovate-pyrami- 

 dal, fpikelets fmooth, about four-flowered, pedicells flatten- 

 ed, and enlarged above." La Marck. Root annual. Stem 

 fix or feven inches high, (lender. Leaves narrow, fmooth. 

 Panicle upright, rather clofe, oblong. Spikelets fmooth, 

 greenifli, or tinged with purple violet. Florets three or four, 

 each fupported by a pedicell, broader and flat towards the 

 top. Jliuns ftrait and perfeftly terminal. A native of Italy 

 and Spain ; defcribed by La Marck from a living plant. 2y. 

 B. ramofus, Linn. " Stem much branched ; fpikelets felTile ; 

 leaves involute-fubulate." Root perennial, creeping, hard, 

 pointed, producing at di(Fertnt intervals tufts of leaves and 

 items. Stems a foot and half high, (lender, fmooth, leafy ; 

 throwing out toward the bottom (hort, alternate, generally 

 barren branches. Leaves (horc, glaucous, rolltd up. Spikelets 

 from three to five, from eight to ten-flowered ; awns ihort, 



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terminal, rcfembllng thofe of B. piiwatui. La Marck. On 

 the (hores of the Levant and Poringal. 30. B. pinnalus, 

 Linn. " Spike fimple, eret\, two-rowed; fpikelets feffile, 

 roundi(h ; awns (horter than the glume : leaves almoll 

 naked." Dr. Smith. Root perennial, a little creeping. 

 Stem a foot and a half, or two feci high, ereft, fimple, round, 

 leafy, very fmooth, l^raight, and rigid, fcarcely tapering. 

 Leaves fomewhat ereft, lanceolate, acuminate, rather rigid, 

 (Iriated, nerved, rough, often naked, rarely hairy on tiie 

 upper furface. Sheaths fmooth and poliflied, (Dr. Smith,) 

 generally ha:ry (La Marck and Knapp, with whom our own 

 Ipecimcns agree.) Stipule fliort, obtufe, ciliated. Spikelets 

 from fix to ten, downy, often curved. Calyx-glumes rather 

 elliptical, fomewhat awred, many-.nervcd. Florets twelve or 

 more, clofely imbncated, neried, and hairy, chiefly towards 

 the fummit ; awn terminal, fiiortcr than tlie glume, fome- 

 times very fliort, rough ; inner g'.ume cili.itcd with great 

 brilUes. Native cf a dry calcareous foil in many parts of 

 Europe. In England, not uncommon in Yorkfliire, Ox- 

 ford(hiro, and Kent. ,51. B. fylvnficus, I'oilich ; gracilis, 

 Weigel and Willdenow. " Spike fimple, drooping, leaning 

 one way ; fpikelets ielfile, roundifli ; awn longer than the 

 glum.e ; leaves hairy." R:iot fibrous, tufted, perennial. Stems 

 two feet high, round, leafy, tapering, very ile-iider, and a little 

 drooping in the upper part. Aivrafj fpreading, flat, pointed, a 

 little rigid, rough, ribbed, more or lefs hairy, bright green. 

 S'leaths ttraiglit, clofe, hairy. Stipule fliort, blunt, torn. Spike 

 fimple, drooping, zig-zag. Spikelets fix or feven, alternate, fef- 

 file, cylindrical, linear-lanceolate, generally downy. Glumes of 

 the calyx unequal, with fliort awns. Florets from fix to nine, itti- 

 bricated, in the upper part (Irongly ribbed and rough ; awn 

 terminal, rough, generally much longer tl.an the glume : 

 inner glume fringetl like the preceding ; fuppofed by fome 

 to be only a variety of Vt. pinnala ; but they cannot be con- 

 founded by any one who is acquainted with their native lia- 

 bits and places of growth. Frequent in copfes and thickets, 

 efpecially in a gravelly foil. ,^2. B. crijlatus, Linn. " Spike- 

 lets imbricated in two rows, feffile, depreflcd." Root peren- 

 nial. Stem about half a foot high, downy, leafy, lower (heaths 

 villous. Spikelets about 30, downy, four-flowertd. ji<wn ter- 

 minal. La Marck. A native of Sibetia and Tartary. ^5.B. 

 dijlachyos, lAan. ; platyjlacliyos. La Marck. Illuft. "Spike- 

 lets three or four, erett, compreffed, rigid, feflile ; glumes 

 ciliated." Root annual. Stem from fix to ten inches high, 

 leafy, a little bent at the knots. Leavts rather (hort, foft, and 

 ciliated at their edges. Spikelets large, alternate, from two to 

 five. Florets eight or nine. Aiuns long, (Iraiglit, termi.nal ; 

 the external ghime ciliated. La Marck. A native of the 

 fouthern provinces of France. 



The lall fix fpccies have the terminal awn of feftuca. 

 Hudfon ar.d Knapp have accordingly referred the pinnatus 

 and fylvaticus to that genus, in their arrangement of Britilii 

 gralfes ; but Dr. Smith, partly on uceount of their general 

 habit, but chiefly of their ciliated interior coroli n^himc, has 

 continued them among the bromi. The lalt five have the 

 inflorefccncc of triticum. 



^?.OK\]s glomcratus, Scopoli. See Dactvlis. 



Bromus capillaris. See Cvnosurus. 



Bromus, in Entomology, a fpecies of Sphinx {Z\gaena)^ 

 defcribed by Fabricius as a native of Surinam. It is ferru- 

 ginous, with hyaline wings, and the maigin entirely black. 



BROJSIYARD, in Geography, is a market town of Here- 

 fordflii.-e, England, fituated in a valley, in a part of the 

 county which abounds with orchards. It is irregularly 

 built, and badlv pavej. Many of the houfcs are fmall tim- 

 ber ftruftures, and the market houle is in a very fliatttred Hate. 

 The church, an ancient edifice, is now undergoing coniider- 



> B i, able 



