TRIANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Phalaris. 75 



shaped ; entire at the summit. Outer corolla of two 

 naked valves. 



Ph. canariensis. Linn. Sp. PL 79. Willd. v. 1. 326. Fl. Br. 62. 

 Engl. Bot. v. 19. 1. 1310. Mart. Rust. t. 17. Knapp t. 3. Hook. 

 Scot. 23. Schrad. Germ. v. 1.177 '. Leers 18. U 7./.3f. >Sc7ire6. 

 Gram. v. 1. 83. f. 10./. 2. Sircd. 303. 



Phalaris. G'er. Em. 86. f. 



Ph. major, semine albo. Bank. Theatr. 534. f. Scheuchz. Agr. 52. 

 *. 2./. 3. A, C, E, F. Mom. v. 3. 186. sect. 8. *. 3./. 1. Di//. 

 m ifcm Syn. 394. 



In cultivated and waste ground, probably naturalized. 



Annual. June — August. 



Root of many white fibres. Stem 1 or more, 2 feet high, erect, 

 leafy, striated, roughish, with brown joints. Leaves broad, soft, 

 acute, with long tumid sheaths, and a blunt stipula. Panicle 

 compact, erect, compound, though resembling a simple ovate 

 spike, elegantly variegated with green and white. Seeds po- 

 lished, the usual food of Canary-birds. 



2. Ph. arundinacea. Reed Canary-grass. 



Panicle upright, with spreadingbranches. Flowers crowded, 

 unilateral. Outer corolla of two bearded valves. 



Ph. arundinacea. Linn. Sp. PI. SO. Comp. 11. Engl. Bot.v.G. 

 t. 402. v. 30. t. 2160./. 2. Huds. 23. Hook. Scot. 23. Pur- 

 ton 69. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 180. t. 6./ 5. Fl. Dan. t.259. 

 Leers 18. t. 7 '. /. 3. Ehrh. Calam. 51. 



Arundo colorata. Soland. in Ait. II. Kew. cd. 1 . v. 1.116. Dryandr. 

 ibid.ed.2. v. 1. 174. Fl. Br. 147- Knapp t. 98. mild. v. 1. 457. 



A. n. 1524. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 243. 



Gramen arundinaceum acerosa gluma. Ravi Syn. 400. Moris, v. 3. 

 203. sec*. 8. t. 6./. 41. 



G. aquaticum paniculatum, phalaridis semine. Tourn. Inst. 523. 

 Scheuchz. Agr. 126. t. 3./ 4. 



In ditches, pools, and the margins of rivers, common. 



Perennial. July. 



Root tufted, creeping, with strong horizontal shoots. Stem 4 or 5 

 feet high, reed-like, jointed, hollow, smooth. Leaves harsh, 

 lanceolate, flat, taper-pointed, striated, as well as their close 

 sheaths. Stipula short, bluntish, decurrent. Panicle erect, 

 large, lobed, with spreading, angular, rough branches. Fl. very 

 numerous, crowded, leaning one way, often purplish. Calyx- 

 glumes equal, acute, keeled, ribbed. Inner Corolla downy ', at 

 length cartilaginous, inclosing the seed ; outer of 2 very minute, 

 linear, swelling, firm glumes, each terminating in a tuft of hairs, 

 exceeding their own length. 



Dr. Schrader has most happily corrected the misconception relative 

 to the outer corolla, which having been considered as tufts of 

 hair only, this grass was judged an Arundo. See t. 2 1 60./. 2. A 

 variety with striped leaves is common in gardens. SceSincL 253. 



