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hairy. — The 1. are sometimes (J3. ccespitosum) very narrow and 
involute and the st. very numerous. Is this a distinct species, 
the B. ccespitosum (R. and S.) R. 1377. ? the ligule is said to differ 
by being truncate. — On dry limestone soil. /3. near Bath. 
P. VII. 
Tribe XI. Hordeinece. 
44. Triticum Linn. 
1. T. caninum (Huds.) ; spikelets4 — 5-flowered, glumes 3-ribbed 
with a short terminal seta, outer palea 5-ribbed shorter than its 
rough awn, axis and edges of the rachis hispid, I. flat rough on 
both sides, root fibrous. — E. B. J 372. Par. 62. Agropyrum R. 
1318.— Banks. P. VII. 
2. T. repens (L.) ; spikelets 4 — 8-flowered, glumes acute 
5 — 7-ribbed, outer palea acute, axis scabrous, rachis with rough 
angles, 1. flat roughish or hairy above, root creeping. — E. B. 909. 
Par. 62. R. 1384 — 1388. — Hairs or points on the inner surface 
of the 1. "in a single row upon each rib." The outer palea 
often has an awn which is never more than half its own length. 
Rachis glabrous or downy but always with small ascending rigid 
bristles on its angles. — /3. littorale (Bab.) ; spike contracted di- 
stichous, rachis quite smooth and glabrous, fl. with short awns. 
R. 1390. — Common. /3. Jersey. P. VII. Couch-grass. 
3. T. junceum (L.) ; spikelets 4 — 6-flowered, glumes obtuse 
6 — 11-ribbed, outer palea obtuse, axis smooth or slightly downy, 
rachis smooth, I. involute finely and closely downy above, root 
creeping.— E. B. 814. R. 1394. Par. 63.— Spikelets distant. 
Rachis easily separating at the joints. — /3. ? scabrum ; spikelets 
much nearer together, axis downy, rachis slightly rough at the 
angles, 1. scabrous above with very numerous acute points. Pro- 
bably a distinct species. — Sandy sea-shores. /3. Guernsey. 
Mr. W. TV. Newbould. 
4..T. cristatum (Schreb.) ; spikelets 4 — 5-flowered closely im- 
bricated, glumes with a terminal awn, outer palea with an awn 
about as long as itself, rachis and axis slightly downy, 1. hairy 
above, st. rough.— E. B. 2267. R. 1382. Par. 61.— Known 
from our other species by its short closely imbricated spike. — 
" On steep banks and rocks by the sea-side between Arbroath 
and Montrose." Mr. G. Don. Now supposed to be lost. P. 
VII. S. 
4-5. Lolium Linn. 
1. L. perenne (L.) ; spikelets 6 — 8-flowered longer than the 
glume, outer palea usually awnless, root perennial producing 
leafy barren shoots.— E. B.~315. R. 1346. Par. 65— St. 1— 11 
foot high, usually bent at the lower joints. Whole plant rather 
