GEAMINE.E. 



989 



with closely appressed hairs on the back, 

 the lateral nerves scarcely prominent, 

 the awn straight, and scarcely half its 

 length. 



In fields and waste places, in tempe- 

 rate and southern Europe to the Cau- 

 casus, extending northward into south, 

 ern Scandinavia. In Britain, chiefly 

 in southern and eastern England, very 

 local in Wales, Ireland, and Scotland. 

 Fl. summer. 



Fig. 1200. 



2. Hairy Brome. Bromus asper, Linn. (Fig. 1201.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1172.) 



An annual, or sometimes perennial, 

 3 to 5 or even 6 feet high. Leaves 

 long and flat, with long, spreading or 

 reflexed hairs on their sheaths. Panicle 

 loose, with long, drooping branches, 

 bearing a few loose spikelets, each above 

 an inch long, containing 6 to 10 or more 

 flowers. Elowering glumes nearly cy- 

 lindrical, slightly hairy or glabrous, with 

 a straight, fine awn, shorter than the 

 glume itself. 



In hedges and thickets, and on the 

 edges of woods, in temperate and south- 

 ern Europe, extending eastward to the 

 Caucasus, and northward to southern 

 Scandinavia. Frequent in England, Ire- 

 land, and the lowlands of Scotland. 

 Fl. summer. 



Fig. 1201. 



