27. — Triticum sylvaticum, Salb. Prod. p. 27. — Gramen secalinum majus 
sylvaticum, Moris. Hist. Oxon. v. iii. p. 180. n. 12. — Ray’s Syn. p. 392. — Gra- 
men secalinum maximum, Merr. Pin p. 57. — Gramen hordeaceum montanum, 
spied striyosiori brevius aristata, Scheucliz. Agr. p. 16. ; Prod. p. 14. t. 1. 
Locai.ities. — In woods and hedges, on a chalky soil. — Oxfordshire ; In 
Stokenchurch Woods, plentifully : Bobaht. In the same locality now : W. B. 
Ardley: Dr. Sibthorp. — Berks; Woods between Maidenhead and Great 
Marlow: N. J. Winch, Esq. Not rare in the county: Engl. FI . — Bedfordsh. 
Tliurleigh ; and Putnoe W oods : Kev. C. Abbot. — Bucks ; Marlow Wood : Mr. 
Gotobed. — Derbysh. Hocks opposite Matlock Baths: Mr. Woodward. — 
Durham ; On the east bank of Wescrow Bourn, four miles N. of Wolsingham ; 
and between Rushyford and Ferry Hill : N. J. Winch, Esq. Banks of the 
Tees near Egglestone Abbey : N. B. G. — Hants ; In the woods a mile W. from 
Petersfield : Merrett, 1666. Chawton Park, near Alton: Mr. J. Woods, 
jun. — Herts; Near Berkhamstead : Dr. Withering. — Hunts; Ripon Wood: 
Mr. Woodward. In a wood on the right hand side of the road leading towards 
the north beyond the wheat-sheaf Inn, Alconbury Hill : Rev. R. Rediian. 
— Kent; In a salt-marsh near Gravesend: Mr. Dickson. — Northumber- 
land ; In Rnmshaw Wood; and Scotswood Dean: N. J. Winch. Esq. — 
In Nottinghamshire ; T. H. Cooper, Esq. in N. B. G. — Wilts; In the high 
woods by Hambleton, in the road from Henley to Great Marlborough: Mr. 
J. Siif.rard, in Bay’s Syn, — Yorksh. In the woods at Rokeby. Very com- 
mon in Cave Hole Wood, near Settle. In the Eavs at Heptonstall. Stanley 
Clough, near Totmaden. In a wood by the side of the Huddersfield Canal. In 
a wood belonging to the Wade House Farm, at Shelf, near Bradford ; Old Park 
Wood, near Sheffield ; Thorp A rch Woods ; Woods at Castle Howard ; By land, 
near Coxwold; llackfall ; Hildenley W'ood, near Malton : Baines’ FI. of 
Yorkshire. — YV A LES. Denbiyhsh. Gain Dingle, under Garreg Wen Hocks : 
Mr. Griffith. It appears not to have been found either in Scotland, or Ireland. 
Perennial. — Flowers in June. 
Root fibrous, tufted. Culm ( stem J upright, 2 feet, or more, 
high, with 4 or 5 joints, simple, cylindrical, striated, smooth, most 
leafy in the lower part. Leaves strap-spear-shaped, many-ribbed, 
flat, taper-pointed, smooth to appearance, but rough to the touch, 
especially at the edges. Sheaths clothed more or less with deflexed 
hairs. Slipula ( ligulaj very short, minutely notched. Spike 
narrow, 2 or 3 inches long, simple, upright, close, green ; its rachis 
(main stalk) angular, furrowed, rough, and zigzag. Spikelets three 
together at each tooth of the rachis. Calyx-glumes awl-shaped, 
very smooth and even at the base ; ribbed, angular, and roughish 
above ; each terminated with a straight rough awn, half its own 
length. Florets 2, sometimes only 1, in each calyx, all generally 
perfect. Outer palca of the corolla (fig. 3.) spear-shaped, ribbed, 
rough, especially in the upper part, terminating in a long straight 
awn ; inner palea slightly cloven, rough at the marginal ribs. 
Germen (fig. 4.) abortive, downy. Styles distant, very short. 
Stigmas slender. Seed (figs. 6 & 7.) spear-shaped, with a furrow 
along the upper side, and a downy point, firmly coated with both 
palece. See Engl. FI. 
This species is a native of Germany and Switzerland, as well as of England, 
ll has so much the habit of a Hordeum, (see t. 344), that Hudson, Martyn, 
Knapp, and some other Botanists, united it with that genus; and it appears to 
lie the opinion of Sir W. J. Hooker, that it would be much more natural to re- 
fer it to the genus Hordeum than to that of Elymus. Dr. Stores considered it 
the connecting link between the two genera. In an agricultural point of view 
it is of no value, it being a coarse grass, like most other species which grow in 
woods ; and like them it is sometimes drawn up to a great height. 
