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GRAMfNEiE 



membranous, nearly equal ; flowering glume and pdle leathery, 

 closely investing the fruit. (Name from the Greek phalos, white, 

 applied by Dioscorides to some plant with shining fruit.) 



I.* P. canariensis (Canary-grass). — An erect, leafy plant, 2 — 3 

 feet high, glaucous ; spikelets densely crowded into an ovoid 

 panicle, i — li in. long; glumes very flat, acute, but not awned, 

 winged on the keel, pale yellow, with a broad green line down 



PhAlaris canariensis (Canary -grass). 



'hAlaris arundinAcea (Reed-grass). 



each side.^ — A casual escape. Much cultivated as canary-seed in 

 central and southern Europe. — Fl. June — August. Annual. 



2."^ P. paradoxa, a branched plant, i — 3 feet high, with a spike- 

 like panicle, and glumes with a toothed wing on the keel and many- 

 veined, has occurred, probably only casually, at Swanage, Dorset. 

 — Fl. July. Annual. 



3. P. arundindcea (Reed-grass). — A glabrous plant, with creep- 

 ing root-stock ; stems 2 — 6 feet high ; leaves with large ligules ; 



