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5. B. racemosus, (Linn.) racemose or smooth Brome-grass. Engl. 

 Bot. t. 1079. Porn. Gr. tt, 48 and 119. Serrafalcus, Pari. 



Locality. In meadows and damp pastures. P. PL June. Area, 

 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. In all the Districts but by no means common. Stems 

 slightly pubescent, from 1 to 2 feet in height. Leaves soft to the 

 touch, except towards the point, rather downy than hairy. Inflor- 

 escence erect, even while in fruit, the rough and generally simple 

 stalks of the panicle being rigid and directed upward. Spijcelels 

 ovate, light green, glossy, 6 to 8-flowered. Glumes broad, roughish. 

 Awn almost the length of the palea, or rather exceeding it. Scarcely 

 distinguishable from the next species, B. commutatus, and often con- 

 fused with small states of it. While in many cases the name has 

 been applied to a glabrous state of B. mollis. 



6. B. commutatus, (Schrad.) tumid field Brome-grass. Serrafalcus, 

 Bab. Bromus pratensis, Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 920. Pam. Gr. L 124. 



Locality. By road-sides, and in dry pastures, and cultivated 

 ground. B. EL June, July. Area, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. In all the Districts 

 but only occasionally seen. Stems smooth, finely striated. Leaves 

 sharply pointed, rough at the edges. Inflorescence more or less 

 drooping, the panicle branches frequently much divided in large 

 specimens, but in smaller often quite simple. Spikelets linear-lance- 

 olate, 8 or 10-flowered. Glumes usually equal. Awn of the outer 

 palea straight, or slightly waved. Mr. H. C. Watson remarks that 

 "this species is at once known by its glossy green spikelets — acquiring 

 a brownish tinge in sunny spots — its larger and harsher peduncles, 

 than those of B. mollis and racemosus, and its glumellas (palese) 

 larger, and more inflated, than in B. secalinus and arvensis." 



7. B. mollis (Linn.) soft Brome-grass, Lop-grass. Engl. Bot. t. 

 1078. Pam. Gr. t. 116. Serrafalcus Pari. 



Locality. Meadows, pastures, banks, road-sides and fields. A. 

 EL May, June. Area, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Distributed throughout all the 

 Districts. Whole plant pubescent and very soft to the touch, hence 

 the specific name. It varies greatly in size, according to the situa- 

 tion and exposure, being often under 1 foot, while among corn it 

 rises to 2 or 3 feet. Leaves soft, downy on both surfaces. Inflores- 

 cence unless in very small specimens, more or less compound, the 



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