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THE GRASS FAMILY. 



3. Barren Brom©. Bromus sterilis, Linn. (Fig. 1202.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t, 1030.) 



An erect annual or biennial, 1 to 2 feet 

 high or rather more ; the leaves softly 

 downy, but less so than in ike field B. 

 Panicle 6 inches long or more with nu- 

 merous more or less drooping branches, 

 many of them as long as the spikelets 

 or longer. Spikelets linear-lanceolate, 

 with 6 to 8 or more flowers, attaining 

 more than 2 inches in length, including 

 their awns. Flowering glumes rough 

 on the back, distinctly 7-nerved, with 

 a straight awn much longer than the 

 glume itself. 



In waste places, on waysides, etc., 

 throughout Europe and Russian Asia, 

 except the extreme north. Abundant in 

 England, Ireland, and the Lowlands 

 of Scotland. Fl. summer, commencing 

 early. 



Fig. 1202. 



4. Great Brome. Bromus maximus, Desh. (Fig. 1203.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 2820.) 



Very near the barren B., but the 

 panicle is more erect and compact, only 

 a few of the branches attaining the 

 length of the spikelets without their 

 awns, and the flowering glumes are 

 larger and broader, with very long awns, 

 the whole spikelet, including the awns, 

 being often 3| inches long. 



A native of the Mediterranean re- 

 gion, which appears to have established 

 itself in Jersey. Fl. early summer. 



Fig. 1203. 



