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flowers in July and August, and is a herbaceous 

 perennial. 



Wind is the agent which brings about pollination, 

 the stigmas being adapted to that end. 



The caryopsis may be wind-dispersed. 



Dog's-Tooth Grass, Doab Grass, Bermuda Grass, 

 are the only names this plant has received. 



As mentioned it serves in some regions as a useful 

 pasture grass, though littoral in this country. 



Cynodon Dactylon. — In Fig. ii8 note the flat, 

 spreading leaves of the barren shoots, the shorter stem- 

 leaves, and the panicle with its digitate spikes, radiating 

 from a common centre. 



Cock's-Foot Grass {Dactylis glomerata). 



In the first Latin name is indicated the finger-like 

 character of the panicle when expanded, and in the 

 second the somewhat compact character of the 

 component spikelets. The shape of the inflorescence 

 is somewhat like a cock's foot, hence the English 

 name. 



Widespread in this country, this grass is a valuable 

 pasture and meadow grass and occurs in all parts of 

 the British Isles, northward to the Shetland Isles. In 

 the north of England it ascends to an altitude of 

 1600 ft. It is found in Ireland and the Channel 

 Islands. 



Meadows, pastures, waste places, railway banks, 

 woods, form the habitat of the plant. It is found on 



