150 TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Cynosurus. 



Gram, pasc.-Schreb. 8. C~2s. hot. 335-FL dan. 7-13-i/. ox. 



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1. 5-Park. 1182. 5-J. J 



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£**r; 3. o—Scheuch. 6. 15. 



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Sf*/» compressed, and aided by the sheaths of the leaves, appears 

 to be 2-edged, especially in the stronger plants. 



Rough Cocksfoot. Very common. P. June — Aug. 





CYNOSU'RUS. Cal. 2-valved, many-flowered ; 



equal: Bloss. 2-valved, l valve concave, 



g 



Nect. 2-leaved 



crista'tus. C. Floral-leaves with winged clefts. 





Sehreb. 8. 1 



Mus 



row 



Vingf. 11-7- B. ii. 4(38. 3. 



Floral-leaves deeply divided into awl-shaped segments. Husks 

 generally containing 3 florets. Smaller valve of the blossom end- 

 ing in 2 points ; larger valve ending in a short awn. Florets 



all facing on% way. Seeds rough, with very strong, short bristles. 



Crested DogstalL 



Var. 2. Spike 4 -cornered. Ray Syn. 399' 

 Pastures, common. P. June, July.+ 



Var. 3. Spike viviparous. Observed by Mr. Brown in the 

 King's Park, Edinburgh, Nov. 1791 ; and by Sir Thomas 

 Frankland in a pasture in Yorkshire : the plant being remark- 

 ably strong, Sir Thomas F. is led to suppose the above effect 

 may be occasioned by unusual vigour. 



echina'tus. C. Floral-leaves winged, segments awned. 



* Horses, sheep, and goats eat it ; cows refuse it. Thrives in the 



* shade, and under the drippings of large trees. See a farther account of it 



in Mus. rust. v. p. 45. and lv. p. 186. Orchard Grass. A grass rather 



coarse but very productive, especially in leaves, and is not disliked by 



cattle, unless when growing on rank soils. Mr. Swayne. 



-r The leaves of this grass are of the shortest growth of any of the 

 pasture grasses; but they grow very close together in great abundance 

 and are very palatable to cattle, particularly to sheep. It is, therefore, 

 very proper to be sown in fields intended for sheep-walks, but by no 

 means as a meadow or hay ..grass. The straws of this grass are remark- 

 ably hard and tough, and as they shoot up at a season when the leaves o\ 

 ail the grasses are very plentiful, they are not cropped by cattle, but are 

 suffered for the most part to stand and perfect their seeds, which seeds 

 afford a scanty subsistance to pigeons at a season when their food is very 

 scarce. Mr. Swayne, 



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