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base. Leaves 2-8 in., by J-J in. broad ; sheath pubescent ; blade 
hairy. Panicle oblong, 4-8 in. ; branches nearly erect, often 
turned to one side. Spikelets pale green, f-lj in., 7-14-flowered. 
Glumes roughly pubescent. Lower empty glume 3-nerved, upper 
7-nerved. Flowering glume 7-nerved ; awn from half the length 
to longer than the glume. 
Simla, Mahasu. — W. Himalaya, 6000-14,000 It. — N. Asia, Europe, 
50. BRACHYPODIUM. From the Greek brachys, short, and 
pous, podos, a foot, referring to the very short spikelet-stalks. — • 
N. temperate regions and mountains in the Tropics. 
Braehypodium sylvaticum, Beauv. ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 362. 
Perennial ; stems tufted, slender, 2-4 ft., erect or bent and 
decumbent near the base. Leaves flat, flaccid, hairy, 6-12 in., by 
§-§ in. broad, finely pointed. Ligule membranous, short, obtuse. 
Spikelets few, green, pubescent or hairy, f-2 in., 6-18-flowered 
(uppermost flower often male or rudimentary), nearly sessile in a 
loose, drooping spike 4-10 in. long. Rhachilla jointed beiow each 
flower, tip not prolonged. Empty glumes 2, strongly nerved, the 
lower the shorter, lanceolate, shorter than the lowest flowering 
glume. Flowering glumes stiff, hairy or pubescent, oblong-lanceo- 
late, about | in., 7-nerved, nearly cylindric, the tip narrowed into 
a slender, straight awn variable in length, longer or shorter than 
the glume. Stamens 3, sometimes 2. Styles 2, lateral, inserted 
below the top of the hairy ovary, feathery. Grain oblong, usually 
free, enclosed within the persistent glumes. 
Simla, Mahasu, common. — Temperate Himalaya, 6000-12,000 ft. — N. Asia, 
Europe, including Britain. 
Tribe IX. Hor eae. 
51. LOLIUM. The classical name.— -North temperate regions. 
Annual or perennial ; stems usually erect. Leaves flat, long- 
pointed. Ligule membranous, short. Spikelets green or tinged 
with purple, flattened, J-J in., 3-11 -flowered (uppermost flower 
often male or rudimentary), singly sessile in notch-like grooves 
alternate in the rhachis of a simple spike ; spikelets placed edgewise 
to the rhachis, not broadside. Rhachilla not prolonged. Empty 
glume one, except the terminal spikelet which has two, nearly 
equal. Flowering glumes awned or not. Stamens 3. Ovary 
glabrous ; styles 2, terminal, distant, feathery nearly to the base. 
Grain oblong, adherent to the glume and pale. 
Empty glume as long as or longer than the spikelet. 
Flowering glume usually awned . . . . .1. L. temulentum. 
Empty glume shorter than the spikelet. Flowering glume 
usually awnless . . . . . . .2 . L. perenne. 
