nUACHYPODlUM. TUITICUM. 
399 
paper {Land. Journ. Bot. i. 82.). — Common, /i. Sandy ground 
in the south. A. VI. 
[S. arvensis (Godron) ; panicle spreading ereet eom))ound, 
spikelets linear-lanceolate, pales equal in length : outer "J -ribbed 
with 2 prominent ribs near each margin, anth. 4 times as long as 
broad. — E. B. 1984. P. 12G. — Summit of larger glume half-way 
to summit of the second d. on the same side. — lias been found 
near Southampton, on the Durham coast, and near Ilebden 
Bridge in Yorkshire. Accidentally introduced. A. VII. VIII.] 
[S. patulus ; panicle spreading compound at first erect, spike- 
lets lanceolate, j)ales unequal 7 — 9-ribbed : 2 lateral ribs pro- 
minent, anth. twice as long as broad. — P. 127. — Accidentally in- 
troduced. Yorkshire. A. VI.] 
[S. squarrosus ; panicle drooping simple, sj)ikelets ovate- 
lanceolate subcomj)ressed, fl. nearly glabrous imbricated com- 
pressed, awn divaricating, 1. pubescent. — E. B. 1885. P. 118. — 
Said to have been found in Somerset and Sussex, probably intro- 
duced with corn seed. A. VI. VII.] 
44. Brachypodium Pal. de Beam. 
1 . B. sylvaticum (R. and S.) ; spike di’ooping, spikelets (at first) 
terete alternate distichous, awns of the upper 11. longer than their 
pales, 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 and inner side of the 1. hairy. Ligule 
short, blunt, notched or torn. Pales hairy. — Woods and hedges. 
P. VII. E. I.? 
2. B. pinnatum (Beauv.) ; spike erect, spikelets (at first) terete 
alternate (hstichous, awns of the upper fl. shorter than their pales, 
I. flat linear-lanceolate rigid, root creeping. — E. B. 730. P. 132 — 
137 . B. gracile R. 1374. — St. several, erect, 1 — 2 feet high. 
Pales scabrous or hairy. Ligule short, truncate. — /3. ccespitosum ; 
1. very narrow' and involute, st. very numerous, spikelets small 
smooth. — On thy limestone soil. /3. near Bath. P. VII. 
Tribe XII. Hordeinece. 
45. Triticum Linn. 
1. T. caninum (Huds.) ; spikelets 4 — 5-flow’ered, glumes 
.3-ribbed w'ith a short terminal seta, outer pale 5-ribbed shorter 
than its rough aw'n, axis and edges of the rachis hispid, 1. flat 
rough on both sides, root fibrous. — E. B. 1372. P. 62. Agrop\Tum 
R. 1318.— Banks. P. VII. 
