Bromus hirsutus. Hairy - Stalk'd Brome- Grass. 



BROMUS Linnai Gen. PL Triandria Digynia. 



Cal. 2-valvis. Spicula oblonga, teres, difticha ; arifla infra apicem. 



Rati Syn. Gen, 2*j. Graminifoli^e flore imperfecto culmifer^e. 

 BROMUS hirfufus panicula nutante fcabra, fpiculis teretibus fublinearibus decemfloris, ariftis recYis, 



vaginis foliorum hirfutis. 

 BROMUS ramofus panicula nutante fcabra, fpiculis linearibus decemfloris, arifta longioribus, foliis 



fcabris. Hud/on Fl. Angl. p. 40. 

 BROMUS foliis hirfutis, per oras afperrimis, locuftis glabris, teretibus, novemfloris. Holler hift, n. 1503. 

 BROMUS giganteus. Scopoli Flor. Cam. var. 2. villofa et major. 

 GRAMEN Avenaceum dumetorum panicula fparfa. Rail Syn. p. 415. Hift. Plant, p. 1289. Bum 



or Wood Oat-Grafs, with a fparfed panicle. 

 GRAMEN Avenaceum dumetorum paniculatum majus hirfutum. H. Ox. 3. 213. 27. 



RADIX perennis, plurimis fibris, flexuofis, flavefcen- | ROOT perennial, furnifhed with numerous, crooked, 



tibus inftructa. I yellowifh fibres. 



CULMUS tripedalis, ad orgyalem aut etiam fupra, ? STALK from three to fix feet high, or more, upright, 



ere&us, tribus plerumque nodis articulatus, | confiding generally of three joints, ' folid and 



folidus, ftriatus. ^ finely grooved. 



FOLIA: Fagina ftnatz, pills longis, crebris, rigidiufculis, | LEAVES: the /heath flriated, covered with numerous long 



deorfum verjis hirfuta: Folia ipfa pedalia, fe- | hairs, which are fomewhat rigid, and bend back- 



muncialia, deflexa, ftriata, rarioribus et brevi- % wards : the Leaves themfelves a foot long, and 



oribus pilis iifque ad margines et mediam | half an inch broad, befet with fewer and fhor- 



coftam praecipue donata. $ ter hairs, and thofe chiefly at the edges and 



t midrib. 



PANICULA pedalis, fparfa, rami binati aut ternati, | PANICLE a foot long, fpreading, the branches grow- 



patentes, nutantes, fcabri, faspe flexuofi. % ing two or three together, hanging down, 



I rough, and often crooked. 



SPICULE plerumque binge, fefquiunciales, tenues, te- f SPICULiE generally growing two together, an inch 



retiufculas, re&ae, vix hirfutae, decemfloras, ad t and a half long, {lender, roundifh, ftraight, 



bafin annulo diaphano notztse, fig. 3 : Aristje | fcarcely hirfute, containing ten flowers, and 



breves, fcabrae, redtiufculae, Jig. 1 . t marked at the bafe with a pellucid ring, Jig. 3. 



I The Arista fhort, rough, and nearly ftraight, 



f fig* i- 



CALYX : Gluma bivalvis, Jig. 2 ; valvulis insequali- | CALYX : a Glume of two valves, Jig. 2 ; the valves 



bus, majore concava, interne nitida, trinerve, | -unequal; the larger one concave, and mining 



mucronata, nervis fcabris, minore unicarinata % within, having three ribs, and terminating 



acuminata. • | in a fhort point, the ribs rough ; the fmaller 



$ one having only one rib, and a more tapering 



f point. 



COROLLA: Gluma bivalvis, valvulis insequalibns, | COROLLA: a Glume of two valves, the valves une- 



exteriore trinerve, nervis exftantibus, nervo $ qual, the exterior one having three prominent 



medio in Ariftam rectiufculam Corolla brevio- | ribs, the middle one of which terminates in a 



rem definente, interiore planiufcula, ciliata, y ftraightifh Arifta, fhorter than the Corolla ; 



breviore, Jig. 4, 5, 6. | the inner one flattifh, edged with hairs, and 



I fhorter than the other, Jig. 4, 5, 6. 



NECTARIUM Glumulje duae ad bafin Germinis, t NECTARY; two little Glumes at the bafe of the 



fig. 8. I Germen, Jig. 8. 



STAMINA : FiLAMENTAtria, capillaria : xAnther^i % STAMINA: three Filaments, very fine: Anthers 



bifurcge, flavze, fig. 7. | ' forked and yellow, fig. 7. 



PISTILLUM : Germen fubovatum, bafi nudum, a- | PISTILLUM : Germen fomewhat oval, naked at bot- 



pice villofum : Styli duo, ufque ad bafin % torn, at top villous: Styles two, branched 



ramofi, fig. 10. I quite to the bottom, fig. 10, 



SEMEN planiufculum, ariftatum, glumis adhasrenti- $ SEED flattifh, terminated by an Arifta, the Glumes 



bus, fig. 11, 12, 13. * adhering to it, fig., 11, 12, 13. 



THAT the plant here figured, is not the Bromus ramofus of Linnjeus, I have learned from Dr. Sol ander 

 and Mr. Banks, whofe authority in this matter will not be controverted. 



I have therefore called it hirfutus, from a wifh that a trivial name might be given it, which fhould not 

 only characterize the plant, but at the fame time, diftinguiih it from a Grafs which is undoubtedly often 

 miftaken for it, as it frequently grows with it, is nearly of the fame height, and flowers about the fame 

 time: I mean the Bromus giganteus of Linnjeus, figured by Schreber, the leaves and ftalks of which are 

 perfectly fmooth. 



The Bromus hirfutus is the talleft of our Englifti. graffes, often exceeding fix feet in height, which renders, 

 it a very confpicuous grafs. The Fefiuca elatior, and Bromus giganteus, will however often grow nearly as 

 high in particular fituations. 



It occurs in moft of our hedges in the environs of London, particularly about Hampfiead', abundantly alfo 

 in Kent ; and flowers in June and July. 



Exclufive of its height before mentioned, it is difiinguifhed from all our other grafles by the hairinefs of its 

 ftalk, or rather the fheaths of the leaves which cover it ; and this, fo far as 1 have hitherto obferved, is 

 an infallible criterion. 



It appears to be too coarfe a grafs to be cultivated for cattle ; and we do not learn that it has been ap- 

 plied to any other purpofes. 



