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TRIANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Amaranthus. 



Elymus caninus. Linn* Dogs Wheat. Woods and hedges. 

 [Ripton Wood, Huntingdonshire, and in the North, frequent. 



Mr. Woodward.] 



P. June, July 





lolia'ceum. T. Spike simple : compressed : spikets egg-shaped but 



pointed : calyx many-flowered. 



E.bot.22l-PluLS2.7. 



Whole plant rigid, 3 or 4 inches high. Floral leaf shorter 

 than the spike. Spike l^to 2 inches long, |- inch broad. Spikets 

 10 to 15, not crowded. Calyx 6 or 8-flowered, both that and the 

 blossom awnless. The serpentine spike-stalk, which from the 

 v spikets facing one way becomes visible behind through its whole 

 length, has a strong wood-like mid-rib, edged with a thinner 

 and greener border, the same as in the Poa rigida. 



Pea loliacea. Huds. Sea Wheat. Sandy sea shores • 



A. June, July. 



fonta' 



na. 



TRIGYNIA. 



AMARAN'THUS. Flowers M 



F 



on 



th 



Male. Sta 

 Fern. Cap 



Moss, none : calyx 3 or 5-leaved 



from 



seed 



Bli'tum. A. Stamens 3: clusters lateral: flowers 3-cleft: stem 



spreading. 



Kniph. \\~Cam. eftt. 236-J. B. ii. §67. l-Pet. 7-H. ox.v* 

 30. 5-Lob. ic i. 250. 1-GVr. em. 32 1 . 4. 



Leaves sometimes white or silvery in the middle, with or 

 without a brown spot. Linn. Leaves alternate, the smaller tgg* 

 shaped, the larger somewhat rhomboidal, with a deep notch at 

 the end, and usually a small projecting point, entire ; with a 

 strong mid-rib and parallel ribs underneath. Leaf-stalks as long 

 as the leaves. Flowers numerous. Bunches irregular, sitting, 

 on small lateral branches, with small leaves interspersed. Mr. 

 Woodward. 

 * On rubbish. [Ripton, Huntingdonshire. Mr. Woodward.] 



A. Aug. 



MON'TIA. Calyx 2 leaves : Moss. 1 petal, irregular: 



caps. 1 -celled, 2-valved. 



NL.fontana. 



Mich. 13. 2-Car/. 188-JW/, 3. 4-iVtf*. 7» 5-iV/. W» l2m 

 Ft. dan, 1 3 1 . 







