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(Ji^urixE.i:. 





panicle, ovoid, dense, silky-white; 

 onter gUmies equal, keeled, much 

 longer than the flower and tap- 

 ering into a long plumose awn ; 

 flowering glume membranous, 

 with 2 terminal awns and 1 much 

 longer, bent, dorsal awn ; grain 

 oblong. 



Common in sandy soil near 

 the sea. — iSept. - Dec. — Mediter- 

 ranean coasts. 



10. Alopeci^us. L. 



(Greek alopex, a fox: onia, tail; 

 shape of the spike.) 



1. Alopecurus praten- 



siS| L. Meadow Foxtail. Glab- 

 rous perennial ; leaves long; ligule 

 short, truncate ; panicle long, 

 dense, cylindrical, blunt, silky; 

 2 outer glumes equal, united at 

 base, 3-nerv6d, ciliate on keel ; 

 flowering glume without a palea 

 and about as long as the outer 

 protruding awn inserted above the base. 



Cultivated for feed and spontaneous 

 Dec. — Temperate countries. 



Phleinn pratense, 



Alopecurus pratensis. 



glumes, with a slender, 

 in places. — Oct.- 



Anthoxanthum 

 odoratum. 



L. (Timothy- 

 grass, L'at s-tail), reseml)les the 

 preceding in its cylindrical, .spike- 

 like panicle, but the outei- glumes 

 are truncate, narrowed abruptly 

 into a short awn and nearly twice 

 as long as the flowering glume 

 and palea. — Cidtivated and sub- 

 spontaneous in moist pastures. — 

 iMo,st temperate countries. 



11. Anthoxanthum, L. 



((ireek antlios, flower, xanthos, 



yellow; colour of the panicle 



after flowering.) 



1. Anthoxanthum odor- 



atum, L. Scented Ternal-ijra.is, 

 Fragrant, erect perennial ; leaf- 

 blade villous, sheath glabrous; 

 panicle spikelike, oblong-cylindri- 

 cal, rather loose; empty glumes 

 4, keeled, pointed, very unequal, 

 lowest one half the length of the 

 2nd, which is 3-nerved, the 3rd 



