TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Avena. ' 165 



Bearded <wiid Oats. Hover. Cornfields. A July, Aug.* 





A. Panicle spike-like: calyx 3 -flowered: blossoms bearded pubes'cens. 



at the base: leaves "flat, downy. 



Leers 9. Q-Ray 21. 2-Scheuch. 4. 9.0~Mant. 65. 



I Very closely allied to the A. pratensis, but the leaves not 



rolled in. Linn. Florets sometimes only 2, sometimes 4, and, 

 in the more luxuriant plants, sometimes 5. Scheuch. Panicle 

 branches shorter than the spikets, except the lower ones which 

 are longer and sometimes, though rarely, branched. Calyx fre- 

 quently J-flowered. Florets purplish and silvery white. Bloss. 

 half the length of the awn, with long hairs at the base, but none 

 at the end. 



Rough Oat. Dry chalky soils. [Norfolk. Mr. Woodward. 

 — Wick Cliffs. Mr. Swayne, — Marlborough Downs.] Disagree- 

 able to cattle. Mr. Swayne. P. June. 



awned. 



cens 



9~-Leers 10. 5-Scheuch. 4. 



•Mont 



About £ a yard high. Leaves yellow green. Panicle much 

 branched, yellow green, changing to shining golden yellow : 

 wide spread whilst in flower, upright and compact when in 

 seed. Sp ikets short, 2 or 3-flowered, 1 floret often imperfect. 

 Anun nearly twice as long as the blossom. It may be distin- 

 guished at a considerable distance by the colour of the foliage 

 as well as that of the panicle. 



Tellonv Oat. Meadows, pastures, hills, particularly in a cal- 

 careous soil. Cattle are not fond of it, but Mr. Swayne says it is 

 the best of the genus for the use of the fanner. P. July. 



A. Panicle spike-like: calyx 5 -flowered. praten'sis 



-FA dan. 1083-£w* 9. l-Rqy 21.1 Vdill. 18. l-#. ox. viii. 

 7.21. Mont. 66. 



Straw quite smooth. Leaves roughish doubled together. 

 P<*ntde about 4 inches long, branches upright, undivided, except 

 °ne or two at the bottom. Spikets strap-shaped, upper ones nearly 

 Sitting. Awns longer than the blossom. 



# Horses, sheep, and fcoats eat it.— The awns are used for Hygro 

 ^ters. Sometimes so prevalent amongst barley as almost entirely to 

 yioke it. it may be extirpated by repeated fallowing, or laying down the 





