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and tlie spikelets droop. Top of vpper gl. \-%oay beticeen its base 
and the top of fourth fi. (second on same side). Lower pale not 
twice as long as broad, longer than the upper, 7-ribbed. — j3. 
Bronms velidinus (Sm.) ; pan. nearly simple, fl. larger do-miy. 
P. 123. E.B. 1884?— Corn-fields. ^. Between Edinburgh and 
Newhaven. Sm. A. ? VI. VII. E. S. I. 
2. S. racemSsics (Pari.); pan. long erect usually simple, spike- 
lets ovate rather compressed glossy, fl. imbricate about as long 
as the straight fcwn, lorver pale umformhj rounded at the sides, 1. 
and sheaths slightly hairy. — E. B. 1079. — l\p of the tipper glume 
\-way to the top of the fourth jiower. Lower pale longer than 
the upper. Aiith. 4 times as long as broad. Pan. close with 
iruit— Common. B. VI. E. 1. 
3. S. commutdtus (Bab.) ; pan. loose slightly drooping com- 
pound, simple peduncles as long or longer than the oblong-lan- 
ceolate spikelets, fl. loosely imbricate about as long as the 
straight awn, sides of lower pale bluntly angular above the middle, 
1. and sheaths hairy. — P. 124. Bronms pratensis Sm., -E. B. 920. 
— Lower pale only slightly overlapping the next fl. at the base 
when in fruit. Toj} of tipper gl. ^-icay to top offottrth f . Lower 
pale twice as long as broad, longer than the upper, glabrous or 
downy, 7-ribbed. Anth. 6 times as long as broad. — ^. mtilti- 
Jlortis (Pam.) ; more numerous fl., top of upper gl. rather higher. 
P. 125.— Common. B. \l. VH. E. S. I. 
4. S. mol'lis (Pari.) ; pan. close erect compound or rarely 
simple, spikelets ovate rather compressed pubescent, fl. closely 
imbricate about as long as the straight a^^'n, sides of loiver pale 
bluntly angular about the middle, 1. and sheaths hau-y or downy. — 
^".^.1078. P. UG.— Top of the upper gl. ^-tcay to the top of the 
sixth Jlotver, or a little higher (ovalis Pam. 117, with short oval 
spikelets), or about ^-way to the top of the eighth (pratensis 
Pam. 118, with longer spikelets). Lower pale longer than the 
upper. Simple ped. not longer than the spikelets. Anth. about 
thrice as long as broad. Karely the spikelets are glabrous, 
when it is B. racemostis Pam. 119. — A maritime plant with nearly 
or quite prostrate st., nearly simple pan., and nearly glabrous 
pales, seems to be the B. hordeaceus (Fries). Another with 
very short ped. and densely downy spikelets is also found near 
the sea. — Common. A. ? V. VI. Lop-grass. E. S. I. 
[^*5. S. arre«'sj.s(Godr.); pan. spreadingcompound its branches 
ultimately horizontal, spikelets linear-lanceolate, pales equal in 
length loiver 7-ribbed with 2 prominent ribs near each margin 
and its sides bluntly angular above the middle, anth. 4 times as 
long as broad.— jE. B. 1984. P. 126.— Top of the upper s\. i- 
way to the top of tlie fourth flower. — Southampton. Durnani. 
