TRIANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Lagurus. 167 



equal, the larger with 3 ribs. Outer valve of the corolla, with 

 3 or 5 ribs, cloven, its segments not more acute or awn-like than 

 usual ; inner notched, inflexcd at the edges. Awn from above the 

 middle of the outer valve. Germtn obovate. Slijies short, di- 

 stinct, erect. Stigmas densely feathery, compound. Partial stalk 

 of the florets bristly. 

 A valuable grass in upland pastures. 



55. LAGURUS. Hare's-tail-giass. 



Linn. Gen. 37. Juss. 30. Fl. Br. 143. Lam. t. 41. Gcertn. L 1. 



Cal. single-flowered, of 2 long, slender, membranous, spread- 

 ing valves, fringed, as well as their terminal a-jon, with 

 numerous soft hairs. Cor, of 2 unequal valves, thicker 

 and firmer than the calyx; the outer longest, ovate- 

 oblong, concave, terminating in two equal upright a-jons, 

 shorter than the calyx, and bearing a much longer one 

 from the middle of its back, twisting in the lower part, 

 tapering and direct in the upper, reflexed when dry ; in- 

 ner valve smaller, involute, clove/i, awnless. Nectary 

 deeply cloven, acute. Filam. capillary, shorter than the 

 calyx. Anth. erect, oblong, cloven at each end. Germen 

 elliptic-oblong. Styles very short. Stigmas cylindrical, 

 feathery. Seed ohXong, obtuse, with a "furrow along the 

 front, loose, but enveloped in the unchanged corolla. 

 Root fibrous. Stem leafy, erect. Spike dense, many-flowered. 



1. L. ovatus. Ovate Hare's- tail grass. 



L. ovatus. Linn. Sp. Pl.WO. Willd. v. 1. 453. Fl. Br. 143. Engl 

 Bot. V. 19. 1. 1334. FL Grcec. v. 1.71. ^.90. Dicks. H.Sicc. 

 fuse. 7. 1 . Schrad. Germ. v. 1 . 227. Host Gram. v. 2. 34. t. 46. 

 Schreb. Gram. v. 1. 143. 1. 19./. 3. 



Alopecuros genuina. Moris, v. 3 191. sect. 8. t.4.f. 1 . 



Gramen spicatum tomentosumlongissimis aristis donatum. Scheuchz. 

 Agr.5S. t.2.f.4, B, C. 



G. alopecuros, sJDica rotundiore. Bauh. Theatr. 56. /. Monti 

 Prodr. 59./. 87. 



G. alopecurum molle, spica incana. Barrel. Ic. t. 1 16./ 1, 2. 



In open sandy fields, near the sea, in the south. 



In Guernsey. Mr. Gosselin. 



Annual. June. 



Root of several woolly fibres. Stem from 4 to 12 inches, or more, 

 in height, erect, with 4 or 5 joints, round, leafy ; naked, striated, 

 and smooth at the top. Leaves lanceolate, acute, many-ribbed, 

 downy on both sides -, wavy at the edges ; abrupt, sometimes 

 ovate, at the base. Sheaths inflated, ribbed, very downy. Sti- 

 pula oblong, embracing the stem, downy. Spike more or less 



