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B R O M U S a rv en fi-s .
F ie ld Brome-grafs.
T R 1A N D R 1A Digynia.
G ejst. C har. Cal. o f 2 valves. Spikelet oblong, 2-
ranked. Awn from below the top. Inner hujk
fringed.
Spe c. Char. Panicle fpreading : its ftalks branched.
Spikelets lanceolate, about eight-flowered. Florets
elliptical, imbricated, deprefl'ed, fmoothifh.
Syn . Bromus arvenfis. Linn. Sp. PI. 113. Sm. FI.
Brit. 130. Tr. o fL . Soc. v. 4. 289. With. 162.
Hull. 25. Leers, t. ix . f . 3.
B. eredtus (2. Hudf. 30 ?
Feftuca elatior, paniculis minus fparfis, locuftis ob-
longis ftrigofis ariftatis purpureis fplendentibus.
Rail Syn. 4x4.
x l O W m u c h u n c e r ta in ty h a s a tten d ed th is gra fs as a n a tiv e
o f B r i t a in m a y b e fe en in W i th e r in g . W e d o u b t w h e th e r
H u d fo n o r L ig h t fo o t e v e r k n ew i t , FI. Dan. t. 2 9 3 . m a y b e
in ten d ed fo r an aw n le fs v a r ie ty ; b u t w e h a v e n e v e r i'een fu c h ,
an d th e p u b e fc e n c e is in c o r r e c t . S h e r a rd ’ s h e rb a r ium c o n ta in s
th e tru e p la n t , ga th e red b y h im n e a r S o u th am p to n , and w e ll
k n o w n to D i l le n iu s , as w e ll as L in n a e u s . O u r a c cu ra te fr ien d
M r . W o o d w a r d f ir fto b fe r v e d th e fam e in th e borders o f a field
a t E a r th am , N o r fo lk , m a n y y e a r s a g o , and fu p p lied u s w ith
freth fp e c im e n s lafl: J u n e .
T h e ro o t is a n n u a l. S tem fim p le , 3 o r 3 fe e t h ig h , le a fy ,
ftr ia ted , fm o o th . L e a v e s b r ig h t - g r e e n , a lit t le d ow n y on e a c h
fid e , th e ir {heaths th ic k ly c lo th e d w ith fo ft h a ir s p o in t in g
d ow nw a rd s . S t ip u la {h o rt. P a n ic le e r e f t , m a n y - f low e r e d j
it s b ra n ch e s w h o r le d , m a n y o f th em com p o u n d and fu b d iv id ed ,
a t le a ft in lu x u r ia n t fp e c im e n s , fo r th e p la n t o ften g row s m u c h
la r g e r th a n in th o fe n ow b e fo re u s . S p ik e s la n c eo la te and
eredt a t fir ft, a fte rw ard s m o re o v a te and d ro o p in g , fo rm ed o f
a b o u t 8 o r m o r e im b r ic a te d , e llip t ic a l, deprefled (n o t c y l in d r i c
a l o r d iftan t) flo re ts , v a r ie g a ted w i th g r e e n , p u rp le , and w h ite ,
b u t lit t le d o w n y , and rem a rk a b le fo r a g lo u y ap p ea ran c e
f c a r c e ly o b fe rv a b le in o th e r Bromi. T h e antherae a re o c c a fio n -
a lly p u rp le o r y e llo w .
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