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bulbous joint. Straw not only ascending, but knee-bent. Leaves . 

 narrower than in the preceding species. Ray Syn. 3^8. 3. 



fOn the tOD of a wall about miles from Bath* on the War- 



Mr. SWAYNE.] J 



I P. Spike egg-cylindrical. 



alpi'num. 



E. hot. 5ig~Scheuch.pr. 3. l-Fl. dan. 213. 



Spike about 1 inch long, 4 of an inch broad, dark coloured, 

 purplish, especially towards the base. Awns of the calyx as 

 long as the husks ; but in Phi. prateme they are much shorter. 



Mountain Timothy -grass. Said to be found on Craigneulic, 

 above Killin. Lichtf. — Mountains near Garway Moor. Dick- g 

 son. — [On Lochain y Gair abundant, and more sparingly on Ben 

 Lawers. Mr. Brown.] P. Aug. - 



ALOPECU'RUS. Col. 2-valved : BIoss. 1 valve : 



Nectary none. 



A. Spiked straw upright: calyx hairy : blossom awned. praten'^is. 



Gram. pasc.-Curt. 2$6-E. hot. 759-S 

 Rust. iv. 2. Q-S tilling/. 2, out of h loss 

 Park. 1164. 3~Spike, &c. Leers 2. 4. 



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It is surprising that the spec. char, in the later edition of the 

 works of Linn^us should describe this as awnlcss. The awn is 

 twice the length of the calyx, and knee-bent. Spike 1 to 1 £ 

 inch long, near \ inch broad. 



Meadow Foxtail. Foxtail Grass. Meadows, very common. 



P. May, June.* 



A. Spiked straw, upright : calyx not hairy, its husks united agres'tis 



at the base. 



Curt.-Schrtb. 19. Q-E. hot. 84S-FI. dan. 6$7-Ger. em.U. 

 2-Barr. 6%\2.~Buxb.y. 40. \-J. B. ii. 473. l-Ger. 9. 4 

 -C. B. th. 53. 5-Park. 11 69. H-S?ike, &c Leers 2. 0- 

 Mont. b^Scheuch. 2. 6. A, B. 



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This is the best grass to sow in low meadow grounds, or in boggy 

 places which have been drained. Sheep, horses, and goats eat it. Cows 

 and twine are not fond of it. Linn. But Dr. Pultncy says, this is the 

 most grateful of all grasses to cattle.— Alopecurus praterrs's is a grass 

 ^ e ry promising for cultivation. Lewis Majendie, Esq. Hedingham Castle, 

 Norfolk, has cultivated it on a considerable scale, and finds it to be an ex- 

 cellent grass. There is however one circumstance which will be a great 

 lr npediment to its general cultivation, viz. the depredations of the larvie 

 °* a species of Musca which devour the seed so much, that in many spikes 

 ou will scarcely find one perfect. These larvae are the prey of the Ciniex 

 ^mpestris, whose rostrum seems peculiarly formed lor searching th* 



flunks of the grasses. Mr. Swaynje, 



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