86 TH1ANDHIA— DIGYNIA. Polypogon. 



the corolla is totally distinct in nature from the dorsal, 

 jointed, twisted, inconstant awn of an Agrostis. 

 Boot fibrous or creeping, annual or perennial. Stems 1 or 

 more, simple or branched, jointed, leafy. Leaves roughish. 

 Panicle erect, compound) dense, lobed, bristly from the 

 copious awns of the numerous, small, crowdeajfowers. 



1. P. monspeliensis. Annual Beard-grass. 



Awns straight, thrice as long as the calyx. Root fibrous. 



P. monspeliensis. Desfont. Atlant. v. 1. 67. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 



192. Comp. J 3. Marsch. Taur. Cauc. v. 1. 48. 

 Alopecurus monspeliensis. Linn. Sp. Pl.89. With, 121. 

 A. aristatus. Huds. 28. 



A. altera maxima anglica paludosa. Moris, v. 3. \9\.sect. 8.t.4.f.3. 

 A. maxima anglica. Raii Syn. 396. 

 Phleum crinitum. Schreb. Gram. v. I. 151. t. 20. f. 3. Fl. Br.7\. 



FL Grcec. v. 1.46. t. 62. 

 Agrostis panicea. Ait. Hort. Keiv. ed. 2. v. 1. 148. Willd. v. 1. 363. 



Engl. Bot. r. 24. t.\7Q4. 

 A. triaristata. Knapp t. 23. 

 Gramen alopecurum majus, spica virescente divulsa, pilis longiori- 



bus. Barrel. Ic. t. 115./. 2. Scheuchz. Agr. 155. 



|3. Alopecurus paniceus. Linn. Sp. PL 90. With. 121. 



Cynosurus paniceus. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1. 73. 



Gramen alopecurum minus, spica virescente divulsa. Barrel. Ic. 



i.]\5.f.). 

 G. alopecuros minus, spica longiore. Scheuchz. Agr. 154. 

 Cauda vulpis monspelliensium. Lob. Ic. v. 1. 45./. 



In moist pastures near the sea, but rare. 



In Hampshire and Essex. Ray. Near Cley, Norfolk. Mr. W. 

 Humphrey, and Mr. Borrer. 



Annual. July, August. 



Root of several, somewhat downy, fibres. Stems generally nu- 

 merous, simple, smooth, a foot or more in height. Leaves 

 spreading, acute, flat, striated, rough at the ribs and margin $ 

 their sheaths long and smooth, with an oblong stipula, rough at 

 the back. Particle pale, with a silky appearance from the long, 

 rough, shining awns of the calyx. Anth. short. Styles scarcely 

 any. /3 is a very trifling variety, diminished by want of nourish- 

 ment, as usual with annual grasses. 



2. P. littoralis. Perennial Beard-grass. 



Awns straight, about the length of the calyx. Root creep- 

 ing. 

 P. littoralis. Comp. 13. 



