Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 70 (1753).

Derivation: Greek briza, name of some form of rye.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Annual or perennial erect glabrous herbs; leaf blade flat; ligule long, scarious.

Inflorescence a panicle or raceme; pedicels slender; spikelets ovoid, compressed laterally, with several spreading closely imbricate lemmas, hanging in a loose panicle; glumes 2, almost equal, boat-shaped, 7-9-nerved, persistent; lemmas membranous, concave, obtuse, several-nerved; palea much smaller.

Distribution:  About 20 species from the northern temperate areas and South America.

Biology: No text

Key to Species:

1. Spikelets 10-20 mm long, usually fewer than 9	B. maxima 1.
1. Spikelets 2-5 mm long, numerous	B. minor 2.

Author: Not yet available