78 TRIANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Plileum. 



The radical Leaves last in tufts through the winter ; those on the 

 stem have very long, scarcely inflated^, sheaths. Panicle as 

 remarkably lobed as the last. Glumes purplish, more or less 

 fringed with a few bristles, not soil hairs ; pointed^ not awned. 

 Cor. rather unequal^ membranous, scarcely downy. Shjles short. 



5. Ph. Michelii. Michelian Cat's-tail-grass. 



Panicle spiked, nearly cylindrical. Calyx-glumes lanceo- 

 late, taper-pointed, hairy, fringed. Corolla oblong, firm, 

 hairy; inner valve cloven. 



Fh. Michelii. Allion. Pedem. v. 2. 233. Schrad. Germ. v. 1 . 187. 



t. l.f. 2. Comp. 12. Engl. Bot. v. 32. ^.2265. Hook. Scot. 24. 

 Ph. n. 1532. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 24G. 

 Phalaris alpina. Hcenke in Jacq. Coll. v. 2. 91. Host Gram. 



V. 2. 26. f. 35. 

 Gramen t_\^hoides alpinum, spica graciliori delicata et villosa. 



Scheuchz . Agr . 65. Hall. Enum. Rar. 10. n. 264. 

 G. typhinum junceum perenne. Barrel. Ic. t. 21./. 2. 

 G. spicatum saxatile glabrum perenne, spica cylindracea rufescente 



longa, locustis acutis cilii instar pilosis. Till. Pis. 72. 



On the loftiest mountains of Scotland, but rare. 



On the rocky parts of the mountains of Clova^, Angusshire. G. Don. 



Perennial. Juhj. 



Root fibrous. Stems tufted, from 1 to 2 feet high, leafy, some- 

 times purplish in the naked part. Leaves flat, pointed, rough- 

 edged ; the sheaths of the upper ones a little swelling. Stipula 

 short and blunt. Panicle close, from 1 to 3 inches long, much 

 thicker than the last. Calyx-glumes exactly lanceolate, not 

 abrupt, with sharp, rigid, often inflexed points ; their keels 

 strongly fringed ; the ribs and sides rough, with fine white hairs. 

 Cor. essentially different from the last, being of the texture of 

 the calyx, and almost as long, fringed ; the outer glume with 

 5 ribs J inner cloven at the summit. 



6. Ph. arenariwn. Sea Cat's-tail-grass. 



Spike slightly panicled, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse. Calyx- 

 glumes lanceolate, fringed, thrice the length of the abrupt, 

 notched, corolla. 



Ph. arenarium. Linn. Sp. PI. 88. Schrad. Germ. v. 1.189. Comp. 12. 

 Hook. Lond. t. 7. Scot. 24. Ehrh. Calam. 132. Fl. Dan. t. 915. 



Phalaris arenaria. Huds. 23. Fl. Br. 62, Eng. Bot. v. 4. t. 222. 

 Knapp t. 4. Willd. Sp. PL v. 1. 328. 



Gramen typhinum maritimum minus. Raii Syn. 398. Pluk. Phyt. 

 i. 33./.8. Scheuchz. Agr. 63. 



On the sandy sea coast frequent ; also on SwafFliam and New- 

 market heaths. Engl. Bot. At Narburgh, Norfolk. Mr. Crowe 

 and Mr. Woodtvard. 



