82 HORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS. 



Sect. IX. Grasses with 3 Stamina, 2 Styles, several Floivers in each 

 Calj/x (except Spartina), Flowers all bisexual, the termi7iatitig 

 Floret frequently unisexual or barren. 



LOLIUM. Rye-grass, or darnel. Generic character : calyx of 

 one valve, lateral, fixed, pressing a spiket of flowers close to 

 the rachis, or spike-stalk ; corolla 2-valved, spear-shaped, ex- 

 terior valve near the apex sometimes awned ; seed covered 

 with the corolla husks, convex on one side, and furrowed on 

 the other. 

 peremie vulgare, per. rye-grass, perennial rye-grass, indig. June 



till August. Hort. Gram. Fo. 105. E. Bot. 315. Sm. Engl. 



Fl. i. p. 173. 

 perenne tenue, per. slender rye-grass ; the spike is erect, very 



slender ; calyx containing 2 or 3 florets, 

 ^erem/e Whitworthensis*, per. Whitworth's rye-grass; spike 



slender, leaves numerous, narrower, light-green. 

 peremie stolonifera, per. stoloniferous ; culm short, spike short, 



crowded, culms rooting at the base. 

 perome corapositum, per. double-spiked rye-grass ; spike gene- 

 rally bent, spikelets broad, crowded. 

 perenne monstrosum, per. double-flowering rye-grass ; spikelets 



round or globular. 

 perenne Stickniensisf, psr. Stickney's rye-grass; spike long, 



spikelets numerous, leaves broad, long, pale green. 

 perenne ramosum, per. branched rye-grass ; spike with branches 



towards the top ; calyx 8 or 9-flowered. 

 paniculatum, per. panicled. 

 perenne RussellianumJ, per. Russell's rye-grass ; spike long, 



spikelets pointed, leaves numerous, broad, long, dark green. 

 perenne viviparum, per. viviparous rye-grass ; truly viviparous, 



never producing seeds, but plants. 

 multiflorum, per. many (20-25) flowered rye-grass, nat. France ; 



in pastures, and on the margins of corn fields. R. S. Linn. 



Sys. Veg.i. p. 748. 



* First introduced and cultivated by G. VVhitworth, Esq. of Acre House, Lin- 

 colnshire. 



f The seed of this variety I received under the name of Stickney's Rye-grass. 



X First cultivated by Benjamin Holdich, Esq. from seed obtained of a plant in 

 a rich fen pasture, pointed out to Mr. Holdich by tlie Duke of Bedford. 



