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ENGLISH BOTxVNT. 
Straight and erect, or bent outwards in fruit, usually a little shorter 
than the pale. Upper pale a little shorter than the lower. 
Var. a, genumus. 
Plate MDCCCIV. 
B. mollis, Flies, Summ. Veg. Scand. p. 76. 
B. rerroaii " MahiUe," test. Lloyd, F]. de I'Ouest de la France, ed. ii. p. 595. (A smaU 
Serrafalcus mollis, Grin. & Godr. Fl. de f/yo1. III. p. 590. 
Stems erect or ascending. Spikelets pubescent. Awns nearly straight 
and erect. 
Var. 3, glahrescens^ Coss. 
B. mollis, leiostachjs, Fries, Summ. Veg. Scand. p. 76, and B. hordeaceus, " Lhm." 
Fries. Mant. iii. p. 11, & Summ. Veg. Scand. pp. 76, 248. 
Serrafalcus hordeaceus, Gr>yu.& Godr. Fl. do Fr. Vol. III. p. 590. (A small form 
witli a contracted simple panicle.) 
Stems erect or ascending. Spikelets subglabrous, or rarely quite gla- 
brous. Awns nearly straight and erect. Usually smaUer than var! a. 
Yar. 7, Lloydianus. 
Plate MDCCCV. 
B. molHformis, Lloyd, Fl. de I'Ouest de la Fr. ed. ii. p. 595. Bor. H. du Centr. de la 
SemiMcus Lloydianus, G',v,/. k Gjdr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. III. p. 591. 
Stems ascending. Spikelets densely [Mibescent. Aw ns bent outwards 
in fruit. l*anicle always nearly simple and contracted. 
A'ery conmion and generally distributed. Var. 3 generally in drier 
places thim var. «; but small forms both of a and p are to be found 
in sand and dry places on the sea-shore. A'ar. y on sandy sea-shores 
in Cornwall and the Channel Islands; and I have a specimen collected 
by the late Mr. M'Xab at Balmae, Kirkcudbrightshire, so it is likely 
to be found along the western coast of l-Ingland. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Early Summer to Autumn. 
A very variable plant, the stems varying in height from a few inches 
to 2 feet or more. Panicle 1 to 6 inciies long. Spikelets \ inch to 1 
inch long. Florets about } inch hmg, or a little lon<rer 
Th.re is a small maritime form of both vars. ./and 3, but 1 .m 
