10. GRAMINEJE. 62. Bromus. 115 
Tl. end. ph . 
3. Bromus secalinus . Ztye home. 
Panicle lax, drooping; peduncles semiverticillate, not 
branched ; locustce oblong, ovate, compressed, bald ; jlowrets 
turgid, becoming distinctly remote ; awn flexuose, shorter 
than the flowret ; sheaths smooth ; leaves rather hairy on 
their upper face. 
Festuca avenacea spicis habitioribus, glumis glabris, Raii Syn. 414, 8, 
Bromus secalinus, Lin. S. P. 112. 
Bromus polymorphus y, Huds . FI. Angl. 49. 
Bromus vitiosus, Weigel Obs. 4, 1. 
A vena secalina, Salisb. Prod. 22. 
Corn-fields; annual; July. 
Culm 3 feet high, smooth ; leaves long, broad, eared at 
bottom, plaited ; sheaths angular; upper always bald; ligula 
short; panicle 6 in. long, erect at first; locustce large, 
smooth. 
4*. Bromus multiflorus. Manyflowered Irome. 
Panicle spreading, drooping ; peduncles scarcely branched, 
stiff, semiverticillate; locustce ovate, lanceolate, ventricose, 
pubescent, becoming distant ; jlowrets depressed ; awn 
straight, pubescent, nearly as long as the glume. 
Festuca avenacea, q. Festuca graminea glumis hirsutis et glabris C. 
Bauhin, Raii Syn . 414, 8. 
Bromus secalinus 2, Lin. FI. Stiec. 96. 
Bromus secalinus. Leers Herb. 36. 
Bromus multiflorus, Weigel Obs. 2. 
Bromus grossus, Desfont. 
Bromus velutinun, Schrader Germ. 1,349. 
Fields; annual; July. 
Culm upright, smooth, shining; panicle 9 in. long, at 
first upright, afterwards drooping ; peduncles very unequal ; 
locustce ovate, 10 or 12-flowered. 
5. Bromus mollis. Soft Irome. 
Panicle upright, contracted; peduncles branchy, semi- 
verticillate ; locustce ovate, oblong, rather compressed, pu- 
bescent; jlowrets imbricate, depressed; awn straight, as 
long as the glumeiles ; leaves soft, pubescent, 
Festuca avenacea hirsuta, paniculis minus sparsis, Raii Syn. 413, 5. 
Bromus mollis, Lin. S. P. 112. 
Bromus polymorphus a, Huds. FI. Angl. 48. 
Bromus hordeaceus, Lin. Sp. ed. 1,11. 
Avena mollis, Salisb. Prod. 23. 
Lobgrass. Oatgrass. 
Meadows and pastures ; perennial ; July. 
Root fibrous ; culm 2 feet high, upright ; leaves acute, 
dark green ; sheaths pale ; lower ligula obtuse , panicve ovate j 
peduncles 2 or 4-flowered; locustce upright. 
