124 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
and consequently by some botanists is placed in the 2nd 
Jannean class; but as there are other Grasses which are alike 
defective, Bromus diandrus for instance, and they have both 
equally the appearance of Grasses, I shall arrange this sweet 
scented plant with those it so nearly resembles in other 
particulars. In the Natural System it is of course placed 
with other Grasses. It is very abundant in woods and 
pastures, and yields an agreeable smell in the act of drying, 
so that it gives the well-known scent to new-made hay. It 
is about a foot high, leaves short. The panicle, or bunch of 
flowers, is an oblong spike, and when old is yellow. 
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TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 
GLUMACE. GRAMINACES. 
ALOPECURUS. (Fox-tarz Grass.) 
Generic Character. Calyx two-leaved, valves nearly equal. 
Corolla of one valve, with an awn rising from the base. 
ALOPECURUs PRATENSIS. (Plate VII. Fig. 26.) Meadow 
Fox-tail Grass. This is a common Grass in meadows and 
pastures, and is valuable food for cattle. It has a long 
erect panicle or culm of flowers, as it is called, of a greenish 
