Very beautiful pictures Sir. Now we are going to have a large database on grasses.
Regards, Surajit On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > *Bromus inermis* Leyss., Fl. Hal. 16. 1761. > Syn: *Festuca* *inermis* (Leyss.) Lam. & DC. > > > Common names: Awnless brome, smooth brome, Russian bromegrass > > Perennial grass distinct from other species of Bromus in its narrow, > strict erect awnless spikelets. > > Perennial grass with solitary or loosely tufted stems up to 1 m tall; > leaves glabrous or sparsely hairy, up to 30 cm long, 4-7 mm broad; > spikelets narrowly oblong, 15-25 mm long, 6-12 flowered, forming 10-20 cm > long panicle with 3-5 branches at each node; glumes unequal, lower 4-6 mm > long, upper 6-9 mm long; lemmas 8-12 mm long, 5-7 veined, awnless or barely > with 3 mm long awn. > > Photographed from Srinagar, Kashmir. > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >
