560 . 
evil. grahinejE. 
\_Brdmus. 
as the glumella, but occasionally only half its length. The inner 
glumella, which is scabrous or very minutely ciliate on the nerves, 
and the terminal styles show that this belongs to Festuca. 
32. Bromus Linn. Brome-grass. (Tab. VIII. f. 29.) 
Panicle lax or coarctate. Spikelets many-flowered, more or 
less laterally compressed. Glumes 2, unequal, usually keeled, 
equal to or shorter than the lowermost florets. Glumellas 2 : 
outer one herbaceous, convex on the back, two of the lateral 
nerves usually uniting with the middle one and forming an awn 
below the bifid extremity ; inner one conspicuously ciliate on 
the ribs. Styles short, from below the summit of the caryopsis, 
which is villous at the apex and “ adheres to the upper 
glumellas.’’ — Name : from fipnpoc, a kind of oat so called by the 
Greeks, and that again from flpw/n/, food. 
* Lower glume with one, upper with 3 — 5 nerves. Florets lanceolate. 
1. B. er ectus Huds. ( upright B.); panicle simple erect, 
spikelets linear-lanceolate, florets subcylindrical remote about 
twice as long as the straight awn diverging in flower afterwards 
erect, outer glumella obscurely 7-nerved, that of the lowermost 
floret one third longer than the smaller glume, sheaths some- 
what hairy the hairs pointing upwards, radical leaves very 
narrow ciliate. — a. spikelets glabrous. E. B. t. 471 : Pam. 
Gr. t. 51. — fi. culms and spikelets hairy. 
In fields and by road-sides, especially in a sandy soil over chalk. 
South and east of England. Wales. Near Dumfries ; King’s Park, 
Edinburgh; Fife; Scotland, p.. 6, 7. — Culms 2 — 3 feet high. 
This is truly perennial, which does not appear to be the case with 
any other Bromus unless perhaps the next. Its habit is that of Bra- 
chypodium sylvaticum. The root-leaves are narrow : upper leaf much 
broader. Spikelets erect. Awn shorter than the larger glume. 
2. B. asper L. ( hairy Wood B.) ; panicle slightly branched 
drooping, spikelets linear-lanceolate, florets remote subcylindri- 
cal downy or shortly hairy about twice as long as the straight 
awn diverging in flower afterwards erect, outer glumella 5 — 7- 
ribbed, that of the lowermost floret twice as long as the smaller 
glume, sheaths hirsute with hairs pointing downwards, leaves 
uniform the lower ones hairy. E. B. t. 1172: Pam. Gr. t. 51. 
Moist woods and hedges. © or (Sm.) or P ( Schrarl. ). 6,7. 
— Culm 4 — 6 feet high ; leaves broad. Awn shorter than the larger 
glume. 
3. B. sterilis L. (barren B.) ; panicle drooping slightly 
branched, spikelets linear-lanceolate, florets remote subcylin- 
drical scabrous shorter than the straight awn diverging during 
