116” pReNDR As Die 
newed as above, it will degenerate to its for- 
mer natural manner of growth. There are 
varieties of this grafs, one with broad {pikes, 
one with round fpikets, and one whofe fpike 
‘1s fomewhat branched; they are all to be met 
with pretty frequently. Cows, horfes and fheep 
eat it. Goats are not fond of it. 
P, June. July: 
§ Rolle maptandé. 
IRISH. 
id Roille marthanach. 
Raidhlead. Roille. 
EneoutsH.—Perennial Darnel-grafs. Ray-gra/s. 
Red Darnel-grafs. Crap. 
Ob. Roots fibrous. Stems 1 foot or more, 
upright, knotted, knee-bent at the bafe, leafy, 
cylindrical, fmooth. Legves linear, keeled, 
fmooth. Sheath tiriated, fmooth, with a fhort 
blunt fheath-fcale furrounding the ftem. Spike 
nearly upright, two-rowed, flatted. Spikets al- 
ternate, upright, egg-fhaped, comprefs, many- 
flowered, and fometimes awned. Calyx of one 
valve, lance-fhaped, fomewhat hollow infide, 
acute, awnlefs, and nearly twice as fhort as 
the 
