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at the base and on the outside of the inner valve of the 

 blossom, and about the length of the val^s. 



The following circumstances readily discriminate the British 

 species* 



H. muri'num. Some of the fence-leaves fringed at the base. 



H. praterise. Fence-leaves bristle-shaped^ neither fringed 



nor expanded at the base. " - - - 



H. marWimum. Some of the fence-leaves expanded and 



spear-shaped at the base. 



H. Lateral florets male ; awned, smooth on the keel : in* muri'num. 



volucrum of the intermediate florets fringed. 



Curt.325-F/. dan. 62§-Lob. oh. 18. l-Pari. 1157 -H. ox. - 

 viii. 6. 4. Gr. secalm-Ger. 66. 2-C. B. \o\-Ger. em. J3> 

 upper figure-Barr. 111. \-Mont. 90, the middle floret: 



Involucrum half the length of the florets. Florets 2 barren, 1 

 fertile forming a set ; the larger valve in all the florets awned. 

 Each male> or barren floret has 2 fence-leaves ; one of which is 

 fringed at the base. The fertile, or hermaphrodite floret has 2 

 fence-leaves on the outside the larger awned valve of the blos- 

 som, both of which are fringed at the base. This fertile floret 

 has also a third fence-leaf, resembling an awn, placed at the base 

 of the inner valve of the blossom, and not fringed. 



Wall Barley. Way Bennet. Wild Rye. Rye-grass. Walls 



and road sides, common. A. April — Aug.* 



H. Lateral florets male^ awnless : involucr. bristle-shaped^ praten'se, 



rough. Huds. 



Gram. pasc.-E. hot. ¥ty-Vatlh 17* 6~H. ox. viii. 2. row 1. 

 6-Fl. dan. 630-Park. 1144. 7» (3)-Af<?*/. 96. 



Involucrum longer than the barren, shorter than the fertile flo- 

 rets. Florets, 2 barren, 1 fertile, forming a set, the larger valve 

 in all the florets awned. Each barren floret has a fence of 2 awn. 

 like leaves, neither fringed nor expanded at the base. The fertile 

 floret has 2 awn-like fence-leaves on the outside the larger awned 

 valve of the blossom, and a third at the base of the inner or smaller 

 v alve, none of them either fringed or expanded at the base. 



Hordeum murtnum. P Linn.— Hi 



spicileg. Hordeum maritlrnum. Oeder.— Meadow Barley. Moist 



pastures. 



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* Sheep and horses eat it. It feeds the Brown Moth Pha'*nm granella 

 —and the Barky Fly, Mascafrlt. 

 . + In moist meadows it produces a considerable quantity of hay, but 



is not to be recommended as one of the best grasses for the tanner. The 



