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GRAMINE^ 



3* A. strigosa (Bristle Oat). — Stems 2 — 3 feet high; leaves 

 sometimes hairy ; panicle i -sided ; spikelets 2 -flowered, drooping ; 

 ■flowering glume smooth, ending in 2 long, straight bristles. — Corn- 

 fields; rare, not indigenous. — Fl. June — August. Annual. 



4. ^. /fl72^a( Havers, Wild Oat). — Nearly allied to the preceding, 

 but stouter; stems smooth, but with hairy nodes ; leaves rough; 



Avf NA fAtua {Havers, Wild Oat). 



panicle loose, 6 — 10 in. long, spreading; spikelets 3-flowered, i 

 in. long, on unequal pedicels, drooping, green; flowering glume 

 with long, brown hairs outside. — Cornfields ; frequent. — Fl. June, 

 July. Annual. 



25. Arrhenatherum (Oat-grass), of which A. eldtius (False 

 Oat) is the only British species, has a creeping or tuberous root- 

 stock ; stem 2 — 3 feet high, slender, smooth ; leaves rough, flat ; 



