HORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS. 



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Agrostis stolonifera, var. angustifolia ^ 

 (smaller-leaved) - - S 



A. stolonifera, var. aristata (awned var. 1 

 of creeping bent) - - S 



A. stolonifera, var. sylvatica (wood ^ 

 creeping bent) - - S 



A. alba (creeping-rooted bent) - 



A. stricta (upright bent, Trichodium \ 

 rupestre) - - - S 



A. vulgaris cunina (brown bent) 

 A . nivea (snowy bent, Trichodium > 

 caninum, var. nivea) - - S 



A. lobata (lobed bent-grass) 

 A. repens (black couch bent-grass) 

 A. Mexicana (Mexican bent-grass) 

 A.fascicularis (bundled-leaved bent) 

 A. lateriflora (branching bent-grass) 



The brown bent flowers in the second 

 and ripens the seed in the end of August. 



The apparent Nutr. 



difference of Time. Powers, 

 dr. gr. 



one week later 3 

 2 6 

 2 



and third weeks of July, 



AGROSTIS lobata. Lobed Bent, Sea-side Bent. 



Specific character : Panicle spike-like, densely crowded with 

 florets ; calyx valves equal, acuminate, outer serrulated from 

 the keel upwards, inner valve only towards the top, very 

 unequal, egg-shaped. 



Obs. — Stems from four inches to a foot in height, according to 

 the nature of the soil it grows in ; inner valve of the blossom 

 one-half the size of the outer ; leaves flat, those of the culm 

 very rough ; culms smooth, ascending ; sheath-scale broad, 

 divided at top : the whole plant of a light green colour. 

 1 can find no other account of this grass but the following: — 

 " Finding this maritime species {arenaria), noticed originally 

 by us on the Devonshire coast, not confined to sandy soils, 

 we have changed the name to that oi lobata; the panicle being 

 more obviously divided into lobes than any of the other spe- 

 cies, it comes near to alba. Curtis, Obser." In the form of 

 the panicle it approaches the nearest to the lesser-leaved 



