TRIANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Phleum. 75 



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. 2160./. 2. 

 A variety with striped leaves is common in gardens. See SincL 

 253. 



30. PHLEUM. Cat's-tail-grass. 



Linn. Gen. 33. Juss.'lO. Fl. Br. 68. Lam. t. 42. Gc^rtn. t. I. 



Cal. of 2 nearly equal, compressed, clasping, parallel, point- 

 ed, or avvned, more or less abrupt, valves, spreading at 

 the top, containing a single floret. Cor. of 2 unequal, 

 mostly awnless, valves, concealed within the calyx, al- 

 waj'S remaining membranous ; the larger valve clasping 

 the smaller. Filam. ca}:)illary. Antlu linear, prominent, 

 cloven at each end. Germ, roundish. Styles capillary, 

 spreadmg. Stigmas feathery. Seed elliptic-oblong, loose. 



Annual or perennial grasses. Stem leaty. Iiifl. a spiked 

 cluster, or dense panicle, assuming the form of a spike. 

 Fl. numerous, crowded. 



\,V\\.p7'ate?ise. Common Cat's-tail-grass. Timothy- 

 grass. 



Cluster spiked, cylindrical. Calyx abrupt, fringed at the 

 keel, longer than its awns. 



Ph. pratense. Linn. Sp. PL 87. mild. v. 1. 354. Fl. Br. 68. Engl. 



Bat. V. 15. f. 1076. Mart. Rust. t. 5. Hook, Scot. 23. K)iapp t. 6. 



Leers 17. t. 3./. 1. Schreh. Gram. v. I. 102. t. 14. Schrad. 



Germ. v. 1. 182. Sincl. 83. 

 Ph. n. 152S. HalLHist.v. 2. 245. 

 Gramen typhinum majus, seu primum. Rail Syn. 398. 

 G. typhoides maximum, spica longissima. Bauh. Theatr. 49./. 



Prodr.lO.f. Scheuchz.Agr.60.t. 2./. 5, A,B. Moris, v. 3. ] 93. 



sect. 8. t.4. ord. 3.f.\. 

 Ph. pratense minus. Sincl. 85. 

 /3. G. typhinum minus. Raii Syn. 398. 

 G. tvphoides medium, sive vulgatissimum. 3Ioris. v. 3. 1 93. sect. 8. 



t.4. ord. 3. f. 2. 



y. Phleum nodosum. Linn. .Sp. PL 88. WiUd. v. 1. 355. Leers 17. 



t.3.f.2. FLDan.L3S0. SincL87. 

 Ph. n. 1530. HalL Hist. v. 2. 245. 

 Alopecurus bulbosus. Dicks. H.Sicc.fasc. 12. 4. 

 Ciramcn nodosum, spica parva. Bauh. Tlicatr. 20. f. Dill, in Raii 



Syn. 398. 



