A natural history of British grasses . inted leaves, with striated sheaths, theupper sheath having an obtuse ragged ligule at its five. Inflorescence usually simple-panicled. Panicle whenyoung upright, when more mature pendant. Branches linear-lanceolate, brownish purple, mostly of ten awncdflorets. Calyx consisting of two almost equal, broad acuteglumes; margin membranous. Upper half of the keels glume three-ribbed; inner glume seven-ribbed. Floretsof two nearly equal-sized palese, the exterior one of basal floretoval, rough, glossy, and somewhat lo
A natural history of British grasses . inted leaves, with striated sheaths, theupper sheath having an obtuse ragged ligule at its five. Inflorescence usually simple-panicled. Panicle whenyoung upright, when more mature pendant. Branches linear-lanceolate, brownish purple, mostly of ten awncdflorets. Calyx consisting of two almost equal, broad acuteglumes; margin membranous. Upper half of the keels glume three-ribbed; inner glume seven-ribbed. Floretsof two nearly equal-sized palese, the exterior one of basal floretoval, rough, glossy, and somewhat longer than the glumes;seven-ribbed. Inner palea linear-oblong, having two green mar-ginal ribs fringed with white hairs. Stigmas plumose. Lengthfrom nineteen to thirty-six inches. Root fibrous and annual. Bromus secaU?ius is more linear and longer. 16t) BROMUS COMMUTATUS. I: fiowers in the middle of June, and ripens its seeds at thecommencement of July. The specimen figured was gathered at \ ork, by Mr. JosephSidebotham, of r H O M U S A K V E N S I S .LVI 167 BROMUS ARVENSIS. Koch. Smitu. Lindley. arvensis. Godeon. Babington. The Taper Field Brome-Grass. Bromus—Food. Arvensis—Field. A RARE, and by some authorities considered a doubtful Britishspecies. Found on the coast of Durham, at Hebden-Bridge, Yorkshire,Southampton Bay, Box Hill, and about Edinburgh. Native of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, Norway,Germany, Sweden, Lapland, and Western Asia. An early Grass, and useful for sheep. Stem upright, circular, hard, bearing four or five narrow,flat, hairy leaves, with striated sheaths, which are shorter thantheir leaves. Joints four. Inflorescence simple-panicled; branchesrough. Spikelets linear-lanceolate, mostly of seven awned florets,reddish brown in colour. Apex of large glume midway be-tween the base of the glume and the apex of the second unequal, margins membranous, keels rough. Innerglume largest, and
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