Bromus hirsutus. Hairy -Stalk’d Brome- Grass. 
BROMUS Lintuel Gen. Pl. Triandria Digynia. 
Cal. 2-valvi?. Spicula oblonga, teres, difticha ; arifta infra apicem. 
Rail Syn. Gen. 27. Graminifolia: flore imperfecto culmiferje, 
BROMUS hirfutus panicula nutante fcabra, fpiculis teretibus fublinearibus decemfloris, ariftis re&is, 
vaginis foliorum hirfutis. 
BROMUS ramofus panicula nutante fcabra, fpiculis linearibus decemfloris, arifta longioribus, foliis 
fcabris. Hudfon FI. Angl. p. 40. 
BROMUS foliis hirfutis, per oras afperrimis, locuftis glabris, teretibus, novemfloris. Haller bift.n. 1503. 
BROMUS giganteus. Scopoli Flor. Cam. var. 2. villofa et major. 
GRAMEN Avenaceum dumetorum panicula fparfa. Rail Syn. p. 415. Hift. Piant, p. 1289. Bulli 
or Wood Oat-Grafs, with a fparfed panicle. 
GRAMEN Avenaceum dumetorum paniculatum majus hirfutum. H. Ox. 3. 213. 27. 
RADIX perennis, plurimis fibris, flexuofis, flavefcen- 
tibus inftru&a. 
CULMUS tripedalis, ad orgyalem aut etiam fupra, 
ereftus, tribus plerumque nodis articulatus, 
folidus, ftriatus. 
FOLIA: Fagina ftriata, pilis longis, crebris , rigidiufculis, 
deorfum verjis hirfuta: Folia ipfa pedalia, fe- 
muncialia, deflexa, ftriata, rarioribus et brevi- 
oribus pilis iifque ad margines et mediam 
kCoftam prascipue donata. 
PANICULA pedalis, fparfa, rami binati aut ternati, 
patentes, nutantes, fcabri, fispe flexuofi. 
SPICULAE plerumque bina:, fefquiunciales, tenues, te- 
retiufculas, reflas, vix hirfutae, decemfloras, ad 
bafin annulo diaphano notatas, 3 : Arista: 
breves, fcabras, rediufculas, Jig. 1. 
CALYX: Gluma bivalvis, Jig. 2; valvulis inasquali- 
bus, majore concava, interne nitida, trinerve, 
mucronata, nervis fcabris, minore unicarinata 
acuminata. 
COROLLA : Gluma bivalvis, valvulis inaequalibus, 
exteriore trinerve, nervis exftantibus, nervo 
medio inAriftam refliufculam Corolla brevio- 
rem delinente, interiore planiufcula, ciliata, 
breviore, Jig. 4, 5, 6. 
NECTARIUM Glumula duas ad bafin Germinis, 
fg- 8. 
STAMINA: Filamenta tria, capillaria : Anthers 
bifurcas, flavas, Jig. 7. 
PISTILLUM : Germen lubovatum, bafi nudum, a- 
pice villofum : Styli duo, ufque ad bafin 
ramofi, fg. 10. 
SEMEN planiufculum, ariftatum, glumis adhasrenti- 
bus, Jig. n, 12, 13. 
ROOT perennial, furniftied with numerous, crooked, 
yellowifh fibres. 
STALK from three to fix feet high, or more, upright, 
confifting generally of three joints, folid and 
>- finely grooved. 
LEAVES : th tjheath ftriated, covered with numerous long 
hairs , which are fomewhat rigid, and bend back - 
p wards : the Leaves themfelves a foot long, and 
half an inch broad, befet with fewer and Ihor- 
ter hairs, and thofe chiefly at the edges and 
midrib. 
PANICLE a foot long, fpreading, the branches grow- 
ing two or three together, hanging down, 
rough, and often crooked. 
SPICULAS generally growing two together, an inch 
and a half long, {lender, roundifh, ftraight, 
fcarcely hirfute, containing ten flowers, and 
marked at the bale with a pellucid ring. Jig. 3. 
The Arista Ihort, rough, and nearly ftraight, 
fg • i- 
CALYX : a Glume of .two valves, Jig. 2 ; the valves 
unequal; the larger one concave, and Ihining 
within, having three ribs, and terminating 
in a Ihort point, the ribs rough ; the fmaller 
one having only one rib, and a more tapering 
point. 
COROLLA : a Glume of two valves, the valves une- 
qual, the exterior one having three prominent 
ribs, the middle one of which terminates in a 
ftraightifti Arifta, ftiorter than the Corolla; 
the inner one flattifh, edged with hairs, and 
Ihorter than the other, fg. 4, 5, 6. 
NECTARY ; two little Glumes at the bafe of the 
Germen, fg 8. 
STAMINA : three Filaments, very fine: Anthera 
forked and yellow, fg. 7. r 
PISTILLUM: Germen fomewhat oval, naked at bot- 
tom, at top villous: Styles two, branched 
quite to the bottom, 10. 
SEED flattifh, terminated by an Arifta, the Glumes 
adhering to it , fg. 11, 12, 13. 
THAT 'he plant here figured, is not the Bromus ramfm of J^nkjeus, I have learned from Dr. Solander 
and Mr. Banks, whole authority in this matter will not be controverted. 
I have therefore called it hirfutus, horn a wiih that a trivial name might be given it, which ihould not 
only characterize the plant, but at the fame time, diftmguilh it from a Grafs which is undoubtedly often 
miftaken for it as it frequently grows with it, is nearly of the fame height, and flowers about the fame 
tune: I mean the Bromus gtgmteus of Limveus, figured by Schreber, the leaves and folks of which are 
perjeflly Jmooth. 
. The Bromus hirfutus is the tailed of our Englilh grades, often exceeding fix feet in height which rendets 
it a very confpicuous grafs. The F'Jlum tiatior, and Bromus gigmtcus, will however often grow nearlv as 
high in particular iituations. b J 
. 11 ° ccurs f °? °f hed Sf i n T he environs of London, particularly about Hampjkttd-, abundantly alfo 
m Kent ; and flowers in June and July. J 
Exdufive of its height before mentioned, it is diflinguifhed from all our other graflis by the hairinefs of Its 
ftalk, or rather the fheaths of the leaves which cover it ; and this, fo far as I have hitherto obferved is 
an infallible criterion. » 
It appears to be too coarfe a grafs to be cultivated for cattle ; and we do not learn that it has been an. 
plied to any other purpofes. P 
