/&l B R O M U S eredus.
Upright Brome-grafs.
T R 1 A N D R I A Digynia.
G en. C har. Cal. of 2 valves. Spikelet oblong, fome-
what cylindrical, 2-ranked. Awn from below
the top. Inner hvjk fringed.
Spe c. Char. Panicle eredf, a little branched. Florets
numerous, {lender. Radical leaves very narrow,
fringed with white fcattered hairs.
Syn. Bromus eredtus. Hudf. 49. With. 160. S'lbth. 47.
Relh. Suppl. 2. 8.
B. agreftis. Allion. Ted. V. 2. 249.
B. perennis. Villars Dauph. V. 2. 122.
Feftuca avenacea fterilis, fpicis eredtis. Rail Syn.
ed. 2. 261. ed. 3. 413. the fynonyms erroneous.
T h i s g ra fs p r e fe r s a fan d o n a ch a lk y fo il. M r . C r o w e
o b fe rv e d it a t H o lk h am , N o r fo lk . T h e R e v . M r . H em f te d
fe n t th is fp e c im e n from C am b r id g e th ir e . I t w a s fir ft fo u n d by
S h e r a rd , n e a r O x fo r d , fr om w h om ( th ro u g h B o b a r t) it b e cam e
k n o w n to R a y , as w e fin d b y th e S h e ra rd ian H e rb a r ium at
O x fo r d , w h e r e , a lfo , b y th e fa v o u r o f th e p r e fen t lib e r a l and
fc ie n t ific p ro fe flo r , D r . W i l l iam s , I h a v e le a rn ed to d e c yp h e r
th e fy n o n ym s o f th is w h o le g e n u s , w h ic h h a v e n o t b e en und
e r flo o d b y D il le n iu s , n o r a n y fu b fe q u en t a u th o r , e v en L in naeus
h a v in g le n t h is h an d to th e a lm o ft in e x t r ic a b le co n fu fion .
R o o t p e ren n ia l, b y w h ic h th is Bromus■ d iffe rs from arvenfis
w i th w h ic h it h a s b e en c o n fo u n d ed . S t r aw 2 o r 3 fe e t h igh ,
le a fy , u p r ig h t , jo in t e d , fom e t im e s a lit t le d ow n y . R a d ic a l
le a v e s n um e ro u s , h a r fh , u p r ig h t , n a r row , f r in g ed u n eq u a lly
w i th lo n g w h ite fc a t te r e d h a ir s , p o in t in g u pw a rd s . T h e ftem -
le a v e s are m u ch b ro a d e r , and h a v e few e r o r n on e o f th e fe hairs.
P a n ic le e r e f t , as are a ll its b ra n ch e s , m o fl o f w h ic h are Amp
le , on e o r tw o o n ly b e in g fom e tim e s b ra n ch e d ; a ll are ro u g h ,
v a r io u s in le n g th . G lum e s c om p re fied , c a r in a ted , p u rp lifh ,
fh in in g , fom e t im e s v e r y d o w n y , fom e tim e s n a k ed , b u t w i th a
ro u g h ifh k e e l an d aw n , w h ic h la ft , th o u g h o f co u r fe a c o n tin u a
tio n o f th e k e e l , a c tu a lly fep a ra tes from th e g lum e a little
b e lo w its m em b ran o u s fum m it . T h e in n e r v a lv e o f th e c o ro
lla is fin e ly f r in g e d , th o u g h le fs c o n fp ic u o u fly th an in mofl;
Bromi, a t le a lt th e a n n u a l on e s . T h e c a ly x con ta in s fr om 7 to
9 o r m o re flo r e t s , b e in g in th a t re fp ed t v e r y v a r io u s . A w n
fh o r te r th an th e h ufks . A n t h e r s o f a fin e fa ffron co lo u r .
V a i l la n t has w e ll fig u r ed th is g r a fs , t. 18 . f . 2 ; b u t M o r ifo n ’s
feB. 8. t. 7. ƒ . 1 3 , h o w e v e r lik e i t , is d o n e fr om an o th e r fp ecies .