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in its floral ftate, and again affuming a drooping 
appearance in its feminal. Calyx, valves nearly 
equal, keeled, with a ridge of tranfparent teeth 
on the keel. Coro!/a, valves nearly equal, with 
entangled wool-like hairs at the bafe. 
P. Panicle fpreading: fpikets 5-flowered, {mooth: 
ftems cylindrical, upright, {mooth: fheath-fcale 
fhort, blunt: roots creeping. 
pratenas, 
Common in meadows, dry banks, and on old — 
walls. This is a very good grafs when in mix- 
ture, both for meadow and pafture, but far pre- 
ferable for pafture, from the numerous leaves it 
fends forth from its roots, and its furnifhing after- 
grafs in quantity. It is not very abundant in its 
ftems, but neverthelefs is no way difadvantageous 
in. meadows; for the ftems being pretty ftout, 
and not very. tall, fapport other weaker grafles 
which furmount them. It is a grafs which will 
grow in almoft any foil, and. pofleffes the good. 
quality of- withftanding the drought of fummer. 
If cultivated feparately for meadows, it is not a 
defirable grafs, Cows, horfes, goats, fheep and. 
{wine eat it. P. June. 
Hi 2, {Rish. 
