76 TRIANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Phleum. 



G. typhoides asperum alterum, Bauh. Theatr. 52./. Scheuchz. 

 Agr. 62. 



G. typhoides minus. Moris, v. 3. 1 94. sect. 8. t. 4. ord. 3./. 3. 



G. typhinum minus. Ger. Em. 12. f. 



In moist meadows and pastures ; (3 in less fertile spots, and by 

 way sides ; y in barren ground^ occasionally flooded, or in very 

 dry situations ; all equally common. 



Perennial. June — October. 



Root somewhat creeping -, in /3 slightly tuberous ; in y bulbous, 

 often double. Stem from 2 to 4 feet high, knotty, erect ; in the 

 varieties partly decumbent J round, striated, leafy except near 

 the top. Leaves flat, roughish, with long, close, striated sheaths, 

 and a small blunt stipula. Cluster erect, cylindrical, obtuse, 

 from 2 to 6 inches long, of innumerable crowded Jlowers, on 

 short, subdivided, partial stalks. Cal. hairy, green or purplish, 

 with white ribs, and a broad, dilated, abrupt, membranous mar- 

 gin to each valve. Awns straight, short, rough. 



Once celebrated for its agricultural merits, but now out of fashion, 

 though it spontaneously makes a part of the hay crop. 



2. Ph. alpinum. Alpine Cat's-tail-grass. 



Cluster spiked, ovate-oblong. Calyx abrupt, fringed at the 

 keel, as long as its awns. Root tuberous. 



Ph. alpinum. Linn. Sp, PI. S8. H. Lapp. ed. 2.20. Willd.v.l- 

 355. Fl. Br. 69. Engl Bot.v. 8. t. 519. Dicks. Tr. of Linn. Soc. 

 V. 2. 288. Don H. Brit. 3. Hook. Scot. 23. Schrad, Germ. v. I . 

 184. FLDan.t.2\3. 



Ph. n. 1529. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 245. 



Gramen typhoides alpinum, spica brevi, densa et veluti villosa. 

 Scheuchz. Agr. 64. Prodr. 17. t. 3. 



On the mountains of Scotland. 



Near Garway moor. Mr. Dickson. On Ben Lawers. Mr. Brown. 



Perennial. July. 



Root tuberous, moderately creeping. Stem ascending, 6 — 12 inches 

 high, often decumbent at the base, leafy, smooth. Sheaths of 

 the upper leaves very long, a little inflated. Stipula short, acute. 

 Cluster about an inch long, often tinged with dull purple, as 

 well as the naked upper part of the stem, and sheaths of the 

 leaves. Calyx-glumes strongly fringed at the keel j their awns 

 about as long as themselves, or longer. Outer valve of the 

 corolla ribbed, tipped with a small awn. 



3. Ph. asperum. Rough Cat's -tail-grass. 



Panicle spiked, cylindrical. Calyx wedge-shaped, swelling 



upward, pointed, rough ; keel naked. Stem branched. 

 Ph. asperum. Jacq. Coll. v. 1. 110. Jc. Rar. 1. 14. Villars Dauph. 



r.2. 61. t.2.f.4. Schrad. Germ. v. \. 185. 



