Bromi's, Linn. 
Si'iKKLETs Intei'allv coinpresi^ed, at least after Howeriiig, N'arioiislx- paiiicled ; 
rliaeliilla (lisju'tietilatinii" al)()ve the o'liniies and between the valves. Florets usually 
numerous, perfect, the upjierinost reduced, (ilunies more or less unequal, acute to 
acuminate, persistent, loirer 1 to 7, upper o to i)-nerved, and sometimes mucronate or 
aristulate. \ alves lanceolate or broadly oblong, rounded on the back oi- keeled, 5 to 
18-ner\'e(l, usually awned, awn terminal (rarely o oi' 0) or somewhat distant from 
the often i^-toothed tip, straight or recurxcd and then often loosely twisted below, not 
kuee(l. Pales entire or bifid, keels usually rigidly ciliate or ciliolate. Lodicules 2, 
ol)loiig or lanceolate, entire or lobed. Stamens o, rarely Ovary oboyoid with an 
often lai'ge. \illous, o or :^dobed terminal a])])('ndage ; styles short, lateral on the 
apjK'iidage ; stigmas ])lumose, laterally exserted, or in the cleistogamous s])ecies pei'- 
m;nicntl\- cnclostMl. (ii'ain linear to linear-oblong, con\'exo-conca\'e, and usually 
adhcrenr to the \al\(' and pale, or at least to the latter ; hilum filiform, long ; eml)r\'o 
small. Axxi Ai. oi{ Pf.kknmai. of wry Aarviug hal)it ; blades linear. Hat. often flaccid ; 
ligulcs meml)ranous, hyaline. Panicle contracted, often very dense, or opi>n and eyen 
ett'us(\ Of re(luce(l to a raceme. S])ikclets rather large, erect or ])eudulous, from ovoid 
to linear-oblong or linear-cuneate ; awns ^•cl•^' long or short, sometimes re(luced to a 
nnicro. or 0. 
Species rather numei-ous, mostly in the temperate regions of the northern 
hemisphere and of South America, sewral in the high mountains of the tropics. 
PLATE 458. 
P)Ro^irs ^[Axnirs, Desf. (Fl. Cap., Vol. VII., ]>. 7P)f). 
Xat. Onk'r (iraminea'. 
Axxi'AL. — Ctlms erect or subascending, geniculate, 1 to '1 feet high, glal)rous or 
pubescent to finely A'ilLms in the u]>per part, .") to 7-nodeil, leafy all along. up])er inter- 
nodes usually exserted. 
Lkan ks scantih' to denselv hairy all over or almost glal)rous ; sheaths tight, thin, 
strongly striate ; ligules hyaline, delicate, 2 to lines long, timbriate-txxnhed. 
Blades linear, ta])ering to an acute ]>oiut, 4 to f:^ inches by 2 to 4 lines. Hat, subflaecid, 
dark gi"eeii, margins scaberulous. 
i\vxiC'LKs erect or slightly nodding, more or less contracted, 4 to !) inches long 
(iuclusiye of the awns), axis terete, striate, scaberulous to hisj^idulous ; l)ranches 3 to 
6-nate, une(|ual, i^-l- (rai'ely o) s]iiculate, longest '1 to o inches long, filiform, flexuous, 
scabrid to minutely hispid or \ illous ; lateral pedicels short, rather stout. 
Si'iKKLKTs cuneate (when oi)en), 1^ to if inch long, green, 5 to 7-flowered ; 
rhachilla slender, scabi'id, joints '1 to .'> lines long. 
(iuMKs subulate to lanceolate-subulate in ])rofile, finely acuminate, green along 
the ner\cs, otherwise scarius, loirer 1 to sub-o-nerved, 7 to 10 liiu's long, vjiper 
bi-o;i(ler. .')-ner\'e(l. 11 to 14 lines long, keels scal)rid. ^'al\■es linear-lanceolate, 
aciuninatc. about 1 inch long. 7-uei"\H'd, scabi'id, u])])er miU'gins and the finely l)ifid 
tips hxaline. white : awn permanently straight, scabrid, i to inches long, callus ^ 
line long. Pales narrow, about 7 lines long, keels remotely rigidlv ciliolate. Stamens 
o (in the St)uth African specimens), or 2 : anthers -| to \^ line long. ON-ary pubescent 
just below the a])])endage. <irain linear, al)out 7 lines long, strongly couA'Cxo-oncave, 
A native of the Me<literranean countries and AVestern lMu'o])e. 
EdibitSLt : Natal. ./. ScJin/ie/d (( iovernment Herbarium 8!*o7). 
Drawn from the specimen sent f)y Mr. Schotield, the onh' one in the Herbarium, 
only '2 stamens were found ; ])rol)ably introduced. 
V\g 1. Lnwor fi'lumo : 2, iij^por ghiinc : valye ; 4, ])ale ; pistil, stamens and lodicnles ; 
f3, grain. A// fii/(/r_i/ri/. 
