118 TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Phleum. 





Gram. pasc.-Schreb. 14. 1. 2-C. B. pr. 10. th. 4f). 1-/7, m 

 viii. 4. ww. 3. 1 and 2~J. fi. ii. 472. 2-Park. 1170. 1- 

 Spikey fefc. Z<?m 3. 1-Mw. r//i/. v. 1, Y-Mont. 52# 



i?00/ nearly bulbous. &//£? from 4 to 7 inches long. 

 Common Timothy-grass. Herd-grass, in N. America. RaySyn. 

 39$ • 1. Pastures common. P. July. 



Var. 2. smaller. Straw ascending. 



Schreb. 14. 3. 4. and 5-Fl. dan. 3SQ-Barr* 53-Pet. ii. gram. 



it ah 4. l"-JHf. wr. viii. 4. ran 3. 3-G*r. 10. 2-C. 5. /£. 52 



-Park. 1170. 3- J. 5. ii. 472. 3-Dod. 562-Lob. obs. 10. 



1-Ger. em. 12, uppermost fig. -Park. 11 70. 2~Spike> cJTV. 



Z^rj 3. 2. 



Smaller than var. 1 in all its parts, i?^/ more like a bulb, 

 and sheathed with brown skin. Spike from | of an inch to 2 

 inches long. Leers tells us, that being transplanted into rich soil 

 it became the year following the 1st variety. Florets sometimes 

 with 4 styles. Raj Sjn. 398. 2. Barren pastures and road sides, 

 common. P. July, Aug.* 



nodosum. P. Spike cylindrical : straw ascending : leaves slanting : 



root bulbous. 



' Barr. 22. l-Pet. ii. gram. ital. 4. 2-H. ox. viii. row 2. 1- 



Barr. 22. 2. 



Resembles Phi. pratense, but the root is bulbous, the straw 

 not upright, but ascending, and covered by the sheaths of the 



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* 



leaves. Leaves pointing in 2 opposite directions, smooth, except 

 at the edges. Spike smooth. Anthers white. Linn. Notwith- 

 standing we are told by Mr. Hudson and by Leers that this in a 

 rich soil becomes the Phi. pratense, I am not quite satisfied that 

 these respectable authors may not have fallen into a mistake from 

 having considered the 2d variety of the Phi. pratense as the Phi. 

 nodosum of Linnaeus : but that is a very common plant with us, 

 whilst what I consider as the true Linnasan nodosum, is rare.t 



Lower joints of the straw swollen into bulbs, but the root not 

 bulbous. Straw universally knee-bent. Mr. Swayne. Bulbs on 

 the straw 3 or 4, f an inch asunder, 2 spear-shaped scales to each 



* Cows, horses, and goats cat it. Swine refuse it.— Account of it in 

 Mus. rust. — Dr. Pultney says, that notwithstanding the character which 

 this grass acquired from Le Rocque's recommendation, sheep dislike it ; 

 neither are cows or horses fond of it, But Leers says, it affords an excel- 

 lent pasture for horses. — A hard coarse grass, of little value for cattle. 

 Mr. Swayne. 



-r The only specimen I have seen of it was sent me by the Rev. Mr 

 Swaync, author of the Gramina pascua, a work extremely well calculated 

 to spread a useful knowledge of the tsses amongst the farmers, as well 

 as to instruct the country ttkracn in the best means of ameliorating our 

 pasture lands. 



