sterilis. 
04 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
valve ribbed towards the end: Atwn fhorter — 
than the bloffom. 
B. Panicle fpreading: fpikets oblong: florets 
2-rowed: calyx taper-pointed; awns very 
long: leaves pubefcent. 
Common in woods, fides of hedges, atid on 
dunghills. This fpecies is more defirable for its 
leaves than for its ftems; for although prolific in 
ftems, and thofe not very coarfe, they are not 
palatable to cattle, owing to their very long 
awns, which are rough and ftick in the mouth 
when chewing. It is the moft forward and 
hardy of all our graffes, and much more pro- 
ductive in foliage. It* feeds early, drops its 
feed foon, vegetates quickly, and furnifhes in a 
very little time after, a very thick cover, of fine, 
long, foft leaves, that continue green’ during 
the winter, and are very acceptable. to cattle 
at that feafon. It would be a good grafs 
to throw: upon any wafte, barren, or gravelly 
place, for where other better grafles would 
make but little progrefs, this would be a covér 
almoft the year round. Sheep, cows, goats and 
horfes “eat it. A. June. July. 
IRIs. 
