TRIANDRIA DIGYNIAy 125 
meadow or pafture, as being rather wiry, and 
as its fpikes have long awns, which would 
caufe the hay to be rather unpalatable to 
cattle, nor is its aftergrafs prolific. It bears a 
great refemblance to the Triticum repens, or 
Couch-grafs, but may be diftinguifhed from it 
by its fibrous roots, which do not creep in 
the ground as thofe of the Triticum repens. 
P, July, Aug. 
ue oti yeufagad. 
¢ Aalfhér feufagach. 
EnexisH.—Bearded Lyme-grafs. Bearded Wheat- 
- grafs. 
Ob. Roots fibrous, not creeping. Stems 
many, upright, ftraight, 2 feet or more, leafy, 
very fmooth. Leaves ftrap-fpearfhaped, acute, 
nerved, flat, rough on each fide and fometimes 
hairy. Sheath ftriated, {mooth, with a very 
minute fheath-fcale. Spike from 3 to 4 inches, 
nearly upright. Calyx, valves equal, lance-fhaped, 
ending awn-like. Corolla, inner valye ciliated : 
awns twice as long as the florets, 
R2 HORDEUM. 
