258 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
they will be glad to learn that the plant from which it is 
procured, is now naturalized in some parts of England, in 
consequence of having been much cultivated. It is a very 
handsome grass, with a large, round, solid-looking head of 
flowers, the calyx, or glume as it is called, is large, pale 
yellow-green, marked with deeper lines, and giving the 
whole a very pretty appearance. It is much cultivated in 
the Isle of Thanet. 
TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 
GLUMACESZ. GRAMINACES. 
ARUNDO. (RzEzp.) 
I shall pass over the Rushes, Spike Rush and Club Rush, 
for the specific distinctions would be very difficult to the 
young beginner ; but the Reed being so conspicuous a plant, 
must not be omitted. 
Arunpo Puraemites. Common Reed. This plant will 
not fail to attract the eye of botanists during this month, 
if they are in the neighbourhood of lakes and rivers, where 
it often abounds. It is sometimes six feet high, with long, 
narrow, sharp leaves, and heads of flowers of a purple-brown 
