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LOLIUM speciosum, per. specious ray-grass, nat. Iberia ; 

 spikelets as large as those of Jestuca Jluitans. 

 maximum, ann. largest ray-grass, nat. Jamaica. 

 iEGILOPS. Goat's face grass. Generic character : calyx 

 opposite, two-valved, three or four-flowered , ventricose, 

 hard, truncated, furnished with various awns ; germeti. 

 bearded on the apex; corolla two-valved, exterior valve 

 ovate, terminated by a double or triple awn ; seed oblong, 

 convex on one side, and grooved on the other. 

 ovala, ann. oval-spiked goat's-face-grass, nat. Germany. 

 triaristata, ann. three-awned, nat. Germany. 

 triuncialis, ann. long-spiked, nat. Germany. June. 

 caiidata, ann. slender-spiked, nat. Hungary. 

 cylindrica, ann. cylindrical, nat. Hungary, Italy; by road- 

 sides, vineyards, and dry places. 

 comosa, ann. dense-spiked, nat. Isles of Greece. 

 ciliaris, ann. cihated, nat. E. Indies. 

 hirsuta, per. hairy-spiked, nat. Egypt. 

 villosa, per. villous, nat. India. 

 SESLERIA. Moor-grass. Generic character : involucre 

 many-leaved, leaflets sometimes deciduous ; calyx two- 

 valved, two or three-flowered, awned ; corolla two- 

 valved, awned, awns various ; stigma long-feathered ; 

 spike compound ; seed covered by the blossom. 

 elongafa, per. long-spiked moor-grass, nat. Germany. 

 cylindrica, per, cylindrical-spiked, nat. Switzerland. 

 tenuifolia, per. small-leaved, nat. Germany. June. 

 cccrulea, per. blue, indig. April and May. 

 albicans, per. whitish, nat. rocks. 

 phleoides, per. cat's-tail-like, nat. Eastern Alps. 



nitida, per. shining, nat. ? 



sph&rocephala, per. globular, nat. Germany. 

 tenella, per. slender, nat. Germany. June. 

 alba, per. white, nat. Belgrade. 

 echinata, ann. rough, nat. Germany. June. 

 disticha, per. two-rowed, nat. Germany. 

 POA. Meadow-grass. Generic character: ca(yj: two-valved, 

 many -flowered ; corolla two-valved ; valves oval, though 

 rather acute; awnless ; seed covered by the corolla, 



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