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98. GRAMINE^. 
G. & G.)] is also found near the sea. — [p. pseudo-veluUnus ; p»n. oblong 
blunt iuterruptfid with usually single alternate br. bearing 3-5 almost sessile 
spikelets, upper pale split to the base. Perhaps a distinct species. B. interrup'lus 
(Druce).]— Common, A ? V. VI. Lop-grass. E. S. I. 
* 5. S. arven' sis (Godi.) ; pan. spreading compounditsbranches 
ultimately horizontal, spikelets linear-lanceolate, /la^es eqital in 
length lower 1 -ribbed with two prominent ribs near each margin 
and its sides bluntly angular above the middle, anth. 4 times as 
long as broad.— ^. B. 1984. F. 126.— Top of the upper gl. ^- 
way to the top of the fourth flower. — Naturalized in various 
places from Fife southwards. A. VII. VIII. E. S. 
[ S. japon'icus (Wilmott) ; pan. spreading compound its 
branches ultimately deflexed, spikelets lanceolate, pales 
unequal, lower 7-ribbed with two lateral prominent ribs and 
its sides bluntly angular above the middle, anth. twice as 
long as broad. — B.japonicus (Thunbg.), £. patulus (M. & K.). 
—P. 127.— Not naturalized. A. VI.] E. 
[»S'. squarrosus (Bah.) ; pan. drooping simple, spikelets ovate- 
lanceolate subcompressed, fl. nearly glabrous imbricate com- 
pressed, lower pale 9-ribbed and its sides bluntly angular above 
the middle, awn twisted divaricate, 1. pubescent. — JE. B. 1885. 
P. 128.— Not naturalized. A. VI. VII.] E. 
Tribe XII. Hordeiece. 
45. Brachypo'dium Beauv. 
1. B. sylvat'icum (Beauv.) ; spike drooping, spikelets (at 
first) terete alternate distichous, aw7is of the upper fl. longer 
than their jmles, 1. flat linear-lanceolate flaccid, root fibrous. — 
E. B. 729. P. 61.— St. usually solitary or 2 or 3 "from the 
same root, erect, 1 — 2 feet high. Sheaths hairy. Ligule 
short, blunt, notched or torn. L. ciliate. Pales usually 
hairy.— Woods and hedges. P. VII. E. S. I. 
2. B. pinnutum (Beauv.) ; spike erect, spikelets (at first) terete 
alternate distichous, a?/ws of the upper &. shorter than their pales^ 
1. flat linear-lanceolate rigid, creeping. — E. B. 730. P. 132. — 
137. — St. several, erect, 1 — 2 feet high. Pales rough or hairy. 
Sheaths subglabrous. Ligule short, truncate. L. not ciliate.— 
Sometimes the 1. are very narrow and involute, st. very many, 
spikelets small smooth. — On dry limestone soil. P. VII. E. I. 
