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preceding. Ligulc sliort, abrupt. — It seems probable that Ij. mul- 
tiflonim (Gaud.) Koch, R. l.'l-15, is eoufounded with this in Bri- 
tain ; it has no l)arrcn shoots and is annual. Does P. 140 repre- 
sent this j)lant? Is it not a var. of L. italicuml — In cultivated 
fields. A. or P. VI. Italian Rije-yrass. E. S. 
0. L. temidentnm{\j.) ; spikelets about (i-flovvered equalling or 
shorter than the glume, outer pale as long as its awn. — E. B. 1 124. 
P. 142. — St. erect. Root without barren shoots. Ligule short. 
Inner glume usually present, often bifid. — /3. arvense-, fl. 4 — 5 
without or with short awns. L. arvense With. E. B. 1 125. — Cul- 
tivated fields. A. VI. — VIII. Darnel. 
[Zi. linicola (Sond.) Koch; outer glume about ^ as long as the 
sj)ikelet and longer than the lowest fioret, no barren shoots. — 
E. arvense R. 1557 — 1559, not With. — “ Field near Catteriek 
Bridge, Yorkshire.” Mr.J. Ward. Probably not a native. A. VII.] 
4/. Elymus Linn. 
1. E. arenarins (L.) ; spike upright close, raehis flat not winged, 
glumes lanceolate dowmy not longer than the spikelets.— JB. B. 
11)72. R. 1560, 1561. P. 64. — Closely resembling Psamma are- 
naria, but readily distinguished by its structure and by the broad 
1. and short ligule. St. 5 — 4 feet high. — Sandv sea-shores. 
P. VII. 
2. E. geniculat us {Curt.) ; spike lax bent domiwards, raehis 
winged, glumes awlsha])ed glabrous longer than the spikelets. — 
E. B. 1586. P. 151. — St. 5 — 1 feet high. Spike 1 — 2 feet long, 
remarkably bent downwards at the seeoiid or third spikelet. — In 
a .salt marsh near Gravesend. Mr. Dickson. P. VII. E. 
48. rioRDEUM Linn. Barley. 
1. H. sylvaticum (Huds.); glumes all awlshaped not ciliated 
rough, lateral fl. perfect, middle fl. often barren, outer pale with 
an ami of twice its length. — P. 150. Elymus europceus Linn., 
Sm., E. B. 1517. R. 1559. — Closely resembling H. pratense. 
Middle fl., if barren, with shorter glumes which have their edges 
involute so as to appear setaceous. The spikelets have a second 
fl. occasionally. — Woods and thickets on a calcareous soil. 
P.VII.YIII. E. 
2. H. jsrafense (Huds.) ; glumes all setaceous not ciliated 
rough, lateral fl. imperfect, outer pale of the fertile middle fl. with 
an awn of about its length. — E. B. 409. R. 1565. P. 11. — 
Glumes of the lateral fl. shorter. — Damp meadows. A. VII. 
5. H. murinum (L.) ; glumes of the middle spikelet linear- 
lanceolate ciliated, of the lateral ones setaceous rough, lateral fl. 
imperfect. — E.B. 1971. R. 1562. P. 10. — Awn longer than the 
