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TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Calamagrostis. 



Blots. larger valve terminating in 4 little teeth, the smaller 

 valve in 2 ; much smaller than the calyx. A<wn jointed ; fixed 

 above the middle of the larger bloss. valve ; as long as the larger 

 caljx valve ; deciduous. 



Panick Millet. Alop. ventricosus. Huds. — Meadows and 

 pastures. Isle of Sheepey. [Near Weymouth. Lightf.— 

 Amongst wheat, Gillingham, Norf. Mr. Woodward.] 



This cannot properly be considered as an Alopecurus, be- 

 cause the bloss. is 2-vatved. If it must be removed from the 

 Milium, it would best arrange as an Agrostis, but the remark- 

 able polished swell at the base of the calyx, in the hollow of 

 which the blossom lies, seems sufficient to establish it in its pre- 

 sent situation* 



cffu'sum. M. Flowers in panicles, scattered; awnless. 



Curt. 248- i?/. dan. 1143-/f. ox. viii. 5. \Q-Ger. 6. 1-C. 

 B. th. L4\-ParL 1153. \>-Partion of the panicky Leers 

 8. I-Scheuch. 3. 6- Floret. Mont. 6l. 



Three or 4 feet high. Leaves £ inch or more in breadth. Pa- 

 nicle tall and wide spreading, very much scattered from the vari- 

 ous lengths of the secondary fruitstalks which grow in whirls 

 and give the plant an airy, light, and an elegant appearance. 



Soft Millet. Millet Grass. Wet woods common. [Frequent 

 in Norfolk. Mr. Woodward.— Plentiful in woods about Wick 



Clifts. Mr. Swayne.] 



A, May, June 



CALAMAGROSTIS. Calyx a husk of 2 valves, 



containing i flower: Bloss. hairy at the 

 base. Gmelin. 



( 1 ) JJ ith awns. 



lanceola'ta. C. Panicle spear-shaped, contracted, spike-like: bloss. 



strap-shaped, hairy at the base: awn on the back 

 straight, short : straw branched. 



E. hot. 403-27. dan. 280. 



N Calyx flexible, nearly membranaceous, microscopically 



rough: valves awl-spear-shaped, the out £ line longer than the 

 other. Bloss. 1 line long, membranaceous, tapering to a point; 

 point cloven, with an exceedingly minute awn rising from the 

 cleft, often but just taller than the end of the valve. Dr. Stokes. 

 There is reason to doubt whether this species has ever been found 

 m England. Mr. Woodward favoured me with a sight ot his 

 Earsham wood plant, which seems not to differ from the C 



Epigejos except in having the leaves narrower than usual. 





