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Plebden Bridge. Naturalized at Toft and elsewhere in Cam- 
bridgeshire. A. VII. VIII.] E. 
[^S. pat'ulus (Pari.) ; pan. spreading compoimd its branches 
idtimately deflexed, spikelets lanceolate^ pales unequal, lower 
7-ribbed with 2 lateral prominent ribs and its sides bluntly an- 
gular above the middle, anth. twice as long as broad. — P. 127. 
— Not naturalized. Yorkshire. A. VI.] E. 
[S. squarrosm (Pari.) ; pan. drooping simple, spikelets ovate- 
lanceolate subcompressed, ti. nearlj' glabrous imbricate com- 
pressed, lower pale 9-ribbed and its sides bluntly angular above 
the middle, awn twisted divaricate, 1. pubescent. — E. B. 1885. 
P. 128. — Somerset and Sussex, introduced. A. VT. VII.] E. 
Tribe XII. Hordeiea. 
45. Brachtpo'dium Pal. de Beam. 
1. B. sylvat'icum (R. & S.) ; spike drooping, spikelets (at first) 
terete alternate distichous, awns of the upper fl. longer than their 
pales, 1. flat linear-lanceolate flaccid, root Jihrous. — E. B. 729. 
P. 61. — St. usuallv solitary or 2 or 3 from the same root, erect, 
1—2 feet high. Sheaths hairy. Li^e short, blunt, notched 
or torn. L. ciliate. Pales hairy. — Woods and hedges. P. \^I. 
E. S. I. 
2. B. pimuUum (Beauv.) ; spike erect, spikelets (at first) terete 
alternate distichous, aw)is of the upper fl. 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. Ligide short, ti'uncate. li. not ciliate. — 
/3. ccespitosum ; 1. very naiTow and involute, st. very many, spike- 
lets small smooth. — On di-y limestone soil. P. VII. E. I. 
46. Teit'icum Linn. Wheat-grass. 
1. T. cammim (Huds.) ; spike rather close, spikelets 2 — 5-fl., 
3— 5-ribbedgl. and lower pales awned, axis and edges of the rachis 
hispid, 1. flat rough on both sides, root jihrous. — E. B. 1372. P. 
62. — St. erect. Ribs on the upper side of 1. very slender. Gl. 
round on the back, its ribs reaching the tip and joining to form 
the short awn. Lower pale shorter than its awn ; or in an 
alpine form longer than it.— Banks. P. VII. E. S. I. 
2. T. ripens (L.) ; spike rather close, gl. 5 — 7-ribbed equalling 
at least f of the 4— 5-fl. spikelet rough on the keel, lower pale 
acuminate, axis asperous, rachis with rough angles not brittle, /. 
mostly flat the 7nany slender ribs each bearing a row of deciduous 
hairs above, stoboliferous. — E. B. 909. P. 62. — Ribs on upper 
