100 POACEAE 
52. PHLEUM L. Annuals or perennials, with erect stems, flat leaf- 
blades and a dense cylindric spike-like panicle. Spikelets 1-flowered, laterally 
compressed: glumes equal, ipii oii. 
keeled, abruptly mucronate or awned ; 
shorter than the glumes, hyaline, Ed. 
truncate, 3- to 5-nerved; palea narrow, 
nearly as long as the lemma.—Ten species, 
in the temperate regions of both hemi- 
spheres. 
1. P. pratense L. Stem erect, 40-100 em. 
tall, the base swollen: panicle 5-10 em. 
1 
1-2 mm. long.—( TIMOTHY.)—M 
grounds, and waste-places, cult. and escaped, 
nearly throughout N. A. Nat. of Eu. 
1.58. As 
(W. 
ALOPECURUS L. Low or moderately tall perennials or rarely an- 
53. 
nuals, with flat blades and soft dense spike-like panicles. Spikelets 1-flowered, 
articulate below the glumes, falling entire, strongly compressed a. glumes 
equal, awnless, usually united at base, ciliate on the keel; lemma 5-nerved, 
obtuse, connate at base, bearing a delicate awn from below the middle, this in- 
eluded or exserted 2 or 3 times the lengt 
the spikelet; palea wanting.—Twenty-five H 
species, in the temperate regions of the Y 
Northern Hemisphere.—FOxXTAIL-GRASSES. VIE 
n 
1. A. ramosus Poir. Annual; id tufted, o 
much risen at the base, 20-50 em. tall: x 
paniele a cm. long, slender, pale alee NE 
about 2 m ee long- ciliate on the keel; 4 
lemma about as long as the glumes, ns awn Vi 
bent, the aa portion as long again as Y 
the gl es: a s about 0.5 mm. TS 
[A. geniculatus (Chapm. Fl.) (Fl. SE. U. 
)] ist plaees, meadows, and cult 
—M 
grounds, various provinces, Fla. to Tex., 
Calif., Alberta, and N. J. 
la. A. myosuroides Huds. has broader panicles than A. ramosus: glumes 4—5 
mm. long. [A. agrestis L. —— EADOW FOXTAIL.)—Waste-placis, Atlantic and 
Gulf eoasts.—Nat. of Eur 
54. SPOROBOLUS R. Br. Annuals or perennials, with small spikelets in 
open or contracted panicles. Spikelets l-flowered: glumes awnless, usually un- 
equal, the second often as long as the spikelet: lemma membranaceous, awnless: 
: seed free from 
the periearp.—Ninety-five species, most abundant in the warmer parts of 
Ameriea.—DROPSEEDS. RUSH-GRASSES. 
