50 HORTUS GRAMINRUS WOBURNENSIS. 



LOLIUM peretme vulgare, per. ray-grass, perennial ray- 

 grass, indlg. June till August. 



perenne tenue, ^jer. slender ray-grass ; the spike is erect, 

 very slender, calyx containing two or three florets. 



perenne Whitworthensis*, per. Whitworth's ray-grass; 

 spike slender, leaves numerous, narrower, light green. 



perenne stolonifera, per. stoloniferous ; culm short, spike 

 short, crowded, culms rooting at the base. 



perenne compositum, per. doubled-spiked ray-grass ; spike 

 generally bent, spikelets broad, crowded. 



perenne monstrosum, per. double-flowering ray-grass ; 

 spikelets round or globular. 



perenne Stickniensisf, per. Stickney's ray- grass ; spike 

 long, spikelets numerous, leaves broad, long, pale 

 green. 



perenne ramosum, per. branched ray-grass ; spike with 

 branches towards the top; calyx eight or nine flowered. 



paniculatum, per. panicled. 



perenne Russellianum J, per. Russell's ray- grass ; spike 

 long, spikelets pointed, leaves numerous, broad, long, 

 dark green. 



perenne viviparum, per. viviparous ray-grass ; truly vivipa- 

 rous, never producing seeds, but plants. 



multijlorum, per. many (twenty to twenty-five) flowered 

 ray-grass, nat. France ; in pastures, and on the mar- 

 gins of corn fields. 



temulentum, ann. bearded annual ray-grass, indig. July. 

 The deleterious darnel. 



arvense, ann. field annual ray-grass, indig. June and July. 



majus, ann. larger field ray-grass. 



cornplanatum, ami. dwarf annual ray-grass, nat. Switzer- 

 land. July or August, as early or late sown. 



* First introduced and cultivated by G. Whitworth, Esq. of Acre 

 House, Lincolnshire. 



t The seed of this variety I received under the name of Stickney's 

 ray-grass. 



X First cultivated by Benjamin Holdich, Esq., from seeji obtained 

 of a plant in a rich fen pasture, pointed out to Mr. Holdich by the 

 Duke of Bedford. 



