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5. B. secalinus Bromus secalinus, L. Colonist. British type. Area C, N, D.

Cultivated fields, apparently rare. Spital, Reedsmouth, Gateshead, Norwood, Ravensworth, Sunderland, Sedgefield, Seaton Carew, Darlington.

6. B. commutatus Bromus commutatus, Schrad. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Not unfrequent in cultivated fields, and occasionally in meadows, ascending in Coquetdale to Rothbury and 250 yards near Alwinton.

7. B. mollis Bromus mollis, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Common in grassy places and cultivated fields, ascending to 600 yards in Kilhope, 550 yards in East Allendale.

27. BRACHYPODIUM, Beauv.

1. B. sylvaticum Brachypodium sylvaticum, R. and S. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Common in woods and on hedge-banks, ascending to 350 yards in Teesdale.

2. B. pinnatum Brachypodium pinnatum, Beauv. Incognit.

Has been reported from High Force Wood, no doubt in mistake for either the preceding or the following, both of which grow there.

28. TRITICUM, t.

1. T. caninum Triticum caninum, Huds. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Woods and hedge-banks, frequent, ascending to 400 yards in Weardale, 350 yards in Teesdale.

2. T. repens Triticum repens, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Hedge-banks and cultivated fields, common, ascending to 450 yards in East Allendale. Var. littorale is common amongst the coast sand-hills.