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case with A. genie. : and authors {Host and Gctudbi) figure and de- 

 scribe the anthers of our species as both yellow ana fulvous. 



10. PHALARIS. 



1. Ph. canariensis {manured Canary-grass), panicle spiked 

 ovate, calycine glumes boat-shaped entire at the point, exl. 

 cor. of 2 valves. E. B. t. \S\0. 



Hab. Naturalized as in England, by fields and road-sides occasion- 

 ally. About the sand-hills Toll-cross, Gkisg. Hoplc. Sometimes 

 seen about Edinb., Mr. GrevUle. Ft. July. O . 



One to two feet high, glaucous. Leaves broad. Spike large, hand 

 some. Glumes of the cor. greenish, with deeper lines, obsoletely 

 pubescent, deeply and sharply keeled at the back. Ext. cor. of 2 

 small valves ; inner double the size and closely investing the seed 

 when ripe, as we see it in the yellow seeds which are the food of 

 Canary birds {Fringilla canuria). 



2. Ph. arundinacea {Reed Canary -grass), panicle erect, branches 

 patent, florets clustered secund, ext. cor. of 2 very minute 

 hairy valves. Ligktf. p. 90. E. B. t. 402, and t. 2l"60./. 2. 

 {Arundo color ata, Sni. Fl.Bril.p. l-lj.) 



H.vB. Sides of lakes and rivers, frequent. F/. July, Aug. %. 



Frequent in gardens, with variegated leaves. Very different in habit 

 from the last, but tlie same in essential gen. char. Panicle large, 

 rather lax, 6 — 8 inches long, often brownish or purplish green. 

 Cal. glumes lanceolate, valves acute remarkably compressed, nerv- 

 ed, rough at the keel. Ext. cor. of 2 extremely minute, oblong 

 scales, with a tuft or pencil of hairs at the end. Int. glumes almost 

 as long as the cal. lanceolate, valves unequal, much compressed, 

 the larger one embracing the other, especially when they envelop 

 the ripened seed, 



11. PIILEUM. 



1. Phi. pratense {common Cat's-tail-gra%s), spike cylindrical, 

 cal. glumes truncate inucronato-aristatc ciliated at the back 

 longer than the awn. Light/, p. 91 E. B. t. 1076. 



Hab. Meadows and pastures, very common, Hopk. Fl. June, 

 July. 1/. 



Root sometimes bulbous {Phi. nodosum Willd.). Culms I — 2 feet 

 high. Spike from 2 — 5 inches long, pale green, very compact, ob- 

 tuse. Cal. glumes, as in all the species, extremely compressed, 

 almost glabrous, ovate, truncate, eacli valve ciliated at the back, 

 and having the dorsal, green nerve, running out into a slightly 

 spreading awn, scarcely half so long as the valve. Glumes of the 

 cor. small, membranous, obtuse, unequal, the larger one crenulated. 



2, Phi. alpinum {alpine Cat' s-tail- grass), spike ovato-oblong, 

 cal. glumes truncated nmcronato-aristate ciliated at the back 

 equal in length to the awn. E. B. t. 519. 



Hab. Highland mountains. Craigneulict, a hill above Killin, Light/. 

 Garway Moor, Dicks. BenLawers, R. Brown, Es^. F/. July. 7/. 

 Spike short, purple-brown. 



