55^ GRAMINACEAE 



Although A. fulvus is closely allied to A. geniculatus (it is made 

 synonj'mous in Index Kew.), I think it is a distinct species. The 

 shortness of the awn is a character which readily distinguishes fulvus 

 from geniculatus, and this character is perpetuated by seed. The spikes 

 are more attenuated at the apex than in geniculatus. 



A. fulvus is recorded for Surrey, Wilts, and Oxfordshire of the 

 bordering counties. 



A. geniculatus, Linn. Sp. PI. 60 (1753), and Herb. Jointed Foxtail Grass. 



Gramen aquaticum geniculatum spicatum, C. B. Pin. 3. 

 Top. Bot. 474. Syme, E. B. xi. 25, t. 1701. Nyman, 794. Fl. Oxf. 334. 

 Native. Paludal. Wet places, margins of pools and ditches. Common 

 and generally distributed in the valleys, and a frequent grass by 

 wet roadsides in low-lying districts. P. May-September. 

 First record. A. geniculatus, Dr. Noehden, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



A floating glaucous-leaved form, with broader leaves than usual, 

 was sent from Wootton by the author to the Bot. Exch. Club, 1888, but 

 Professor Hackel says it has no distinguishing name. 



A. geniculatus is found in all the bordering counties. 



A. pratensis, Linn. Sp. PI. 60 (1753) and Herb. Meadoic Foxtail Grass. 



G^-amen Alopecuriodes majus, Ger. Em. 10. 

 Top. Bot. 474. Syme, E. B. xi. 27, t. 1703. Nyman, 793. Fl. Oxf. 334. 

 Native. Pratal. Meadows, pastures, roadsides, &c. Preferring rich 



alluvial soil. P. April-June. 

 First record. ' Scarce in Berkshire,' StilUng/leet, Misc. Tracts, ed. 3, 382, 

 1775- Common in the best meadows of which it forms part of 

 the herbage. It deserves to be cultivated. Dr. Pulteney says it 

 is the most grateful of all grasses to cattle, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 A viviparous form was noticed near Wytham. 

 A. pratensis is found in all the bordering counties. 



MILIUM, Linn. Gen. n. 73 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 298). 



M. effusum, Linn. Sp. PI. 61 (1753), and Herb. Wood Millet Grass, 



Soft Millet. 



Gramen miliaceum, Lobel. Icon. 3. 

 Top. Bot. 477. Syme, E. B. xi. 60, t. 1778. Nyman, 806. Fl. Oxf. 337. 

 Native. Sylvestral. Woods and shady places. Locally common, 



preferring a chalky or calcareous soil. P. May-July. 

 First record. M. effusum, Dr. Noehden. Not much valued as a grass, 



Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. Wytham Wood. 



2. Ock. Bagley Wood, Baxter in Walk. Fl. 1833. Near Childswell 



Farm, Baxt. Tubney, Walker. Birch Copse, Bosicell. 



