UROMUS. — SKRRAFALCUS. 
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42. BROMUSiiWM. ' 
* Spikelets broader upwards when in flower. 
1. B. erectus (Iluds.); ])ank‘le erect, spikelets lanceolate, H. 
remote subcylindrieal, outer pale indistinctly "J -nerved li longer 
than the smaller glume and longer than its awn, root 1. very 
narrow ciliated. — E. B. 471. R. I(i04. P. 51. — St. 2 — d feet high, 
erect. Upper 1. broader than the others, sheaths somewhat 
hairy, the hairs pointing njnvards. — ji. villosus ; outer jiale 
hairy. — On chy sandy and chalky soil. P. VI. VII. 
2. B. asper (L.); jianicle (h'ooping, peduncles long slightly 
branehed, spikelets lanceolate, fl. remote linear-lanceolate, outer 
pale hairy 5 — 1 -ribbed twice as long as the smaller glume and 
longer than its awn, 1. broad hairy. — E. B. 1172. R. I(i03. P. 51 . 
— St. 4 — 5 feet high. L. broad, flat, the lower ones broadest, 
sheaths with hairs j)ointing downwards. — Damp woods and 
thickets. A. or B. VII. 
** Spikelets always broader upwards. 
3. B. sterilis (L.) ; panicle (Dooping, peduncles long slightly 
branched, fl. remote linear-lanceolate, outer pale glabrous shorter 
than its awn with 7 distinct equidistant ribs, 1. pubescent.- — E. B. 
10;30. R. 1583. P. 50.— Height 1—2 feet. L. broad, flat.— Waste 
places. A. VI. 
4. B. diandrus (Curt.); panicle erect scarcely branched, pe- 
duncles short, s])ikelets lanceolate, fl. linear remote subcylindi-ical, 
outer pale 7-ribbed twice as long as the smaller glume and about 
as long as its awn. — E. B. 1006. R. 1584. P.50. B. madi-iten- 
sis Linn. — St. 6 — 12 in. high, glabrous. Rachis and pedicels 
scabrous. Remarkable for its erect panicle. — /3. rigidus (Bab.) ; 
panicle comj)act, pedicels very short, upper part of the st., pedi- 
cels, rachis and glumes pubescent. B. rigidus (Roth) R. 1586. — 
Dry sandy places, rare. Channel Islands. A. VI. VII. E. S. 
5. B. maximus (Desf.) ; panicle erect lax at length nodding 
slightly branched, peduncles elongated after flow'ering, spikelets 
downy, outer pale 7-ribbed about half as long as its awn. — 
E. B. S.2S20. P.115. (Parnell’s figure represents the styles as 
terminal, not so the beantiful plate in E. B. S.) — Height 1 — 2 
feet. A most beautiful grass. — Sandy places. Channel Islands. 
A. VII. O. 
43. Serrafalcus Parlatore-. 
1 . S. secalinus ; panicle loose drooping in fr. shghtly com- 
’ Synonymous with the genus Schedonorus of Fries. 
- Corresponds to the genus Broinus of Fries. 
