TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 15 
Plantes Rariores. A grafs of no merit in an agri- 
cultural point of view. P, July. 
bial simaen ajlp. 
Lofchaitfhér ailp. 
EnciisH.—Alpine Cat’s-tail-grafs. 
Ob. Roots tuberous, fomewhat creeping. Stems 
folitary, afcending, one foot, leafy, naked at top, 
{mooth. Leaves rough on the edges, with very 
fhort fheath-fcales. Spike {carcely one inch, egg- 
cylindrical, blunt, dark purple. Calyx, ‘glumes 
- ciliated with long hairs, which are fomewhat 
ftradling. Azz ftraight, nearly the length of the 
glumes. 
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ALOPECURUS. 
Cal. 2-valved. Cor. 1-valve. 
A. Spike cylindrical, tapering. pratensis. 
Common in meadows and paftures.—This is aa 
excellent meadow grafs, and one the farmer fhould 
delight to behold in his meadows, as it has to re- 
commend it, earlinefs, quantity, quality, and good 
fize : not being too rigid, and affording a plentiful 
after-grafs. When the Alopecurus pratenfis is 
cultivated 
