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it, Par.). Ovary pilose at the top. — ,3. decidua (Sm.) ; 1. nar- 
rower, fl. about 2. E. B. 22G(3. — Woods in mountainous di- 
stricts. P. VII. 
6. F. yiyantea (Vill.) ; panicle drooping branched, spikelets of 
about 5 aimed Ji., outer palea 5-ribbed, the dorsal rib nearly smooth 
not extending to the apex but terminating in a scabrous turn twice 
as lony as the palea, 1. linear-lanceolate. — E. B. 1820. Bucetum 
Par. 4". — St. 3 — 4 feet high. L. very long, broad, roughish on 
both sides, except near the base on the under side. Ligule short, 
unequal, auricled. Outer palea roughish, membranous, often 
bifid at the apex, thus scarcely agreeing with the genus. Top of 
the ovan - glabrous. Styles terminal. — (3. triflora (Sm.) ; panicle 
smaller and more erect, spikelets scattered of about 3 flowers. 
E. B. 1918. — Moist woods and thickets, mostly near the sea. 
P. VII. 
7. F. elatior (L.) ; panicle patent branched or spiked and di- 
chotomous, spikelets of 5 — 10 fl., outer palea a -ribbed, the dorsal 
rib terminating at or just below the apex or ending in a very short 
awn, 1. linear-lanceolate. — Par. 45, 46, 4". — Extremely variable, 
but I am unable to separate its forms as species by any perma- 
nent character ; often on the same specimen the midrib extends 
to the end of the palea without an awn, or does not quite reach 
the end and is awnless or has a very short awn. The spiked 
raceme with sessile alternate spikelets of F. loliacea Huds. (E.B. 
1821.) is connected by numerous intermediate forms with F.pra- 
tensis Huds. (E. B. 1592.), which has a nearly simple panicle, 
and F. elatior Sm. F. arundinacea Schreb., Koch {E. B. 1593.), 
in which the panicle is very compound. In all of them the outer 
palea is obtuse or acute according as the midrib is or is not at- 
tached up to the summit. Wet meadows and pastures. P. VI. 
VII. 
41. Bromus Linn. 
1. B. erectus (Huds.) ; panicle erect, spikelets lanceolate, fl. 
remote subcylindrical, outer palea indistinctly 7 -nerved 3 longer 
than the smaller glume and longer than its awn, root 1. very 
narrow ciliated.— E. B. 471. R. 1604. Par. 51— St. 2—3 feet 
high, erect. Upper 1. broader than the others, sheaths somewhat 
hairy, the hairs pointing upwards. — p. villosus (Leight.) ; outer 
palea hairy. — On dry sandy and chalky soil. P. VI. VII. 
2. B. asper (L.) ; panicle drooping, peduncles long slightly 
branched, spikelets lanceolate, fl. remote linear-lanceolate, outer 
palea hairy b-ribbed twice as long as the smaller glume and longer 
than its awn, I. broad hairy.— E. B. 1172. R. 1603. Par. 51.— 
St. 4 — 5 feet high. L. broad, flat, the lower ones broadest, sheaths 
with hairs pointing downwards. — Damp woods and thickets. A. 
or B. VII. 
