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HORDEUM SYLVATICUM. 



Hudson. Hookee and Aenott. Babington. Pabnell. Eaup. 

 Maetyn. Abbot. Deakin. 



PLATE LXII. B. 



Elymus Europeus, Linnsus. Smith. Hooker. 



" " Lindley. Koch. Willdenow. 



" " Withering. Scueadeb. Host. 



" " Ehehaet. Hull. Sibthorp. 



" " EuNTH. EeICHENBACH. 



The Wood Barley. 



Hordeum — ? Sylvaticum — Wood. 



Hordeum. LinncBus. — Spikelets in threes from the same joints of the 

 rachis. There are four British examples, all being known by the form of 

 their glumes. The Barley Grasses, under which designation these species 

 are known, are rare in Scotland. The name is of dubious origin. 



Occurring more especially in a chalky soil in woods in the 

 counties of Derby, York, Northumberland, Bucks., Herts., 

 Hunts., Wilts., Bedford, Oxford, and Denbigh. Native of 

 France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, and Sweden. 



Of no agricultural value. 



Stem upright, circular, somewhat smooth, bearing four or five 

 lanceolate, rough, flat, pointed leaves, with rough striated sheaths, 

 upper one extending beyond its leaf. Joints four. Inflorescence 

 spiked, compact, three inches long. Rachis rough, angular and 

 dentate. Spikelets in threes. Glumes three-ribbed, rough, 



