POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. 1335 
fhort, toothed. Panicle upright, compact, foft 
to the touch, often inclining to purple: little 
branches in femiwhirls, very much branched, 
and hair-like. Calyx, glumes equal, pointed, 
villous, often coloured. Florets on fhort pe- 
dicles: the upper one hermaphrodite, awnlefs: 
the other male, with an awn not longer than 
the bloffom. 
H. Hufks nearly equal, hermaphrodite floret 
awnlefs: male awned: roots creeping; joints 
woolly. 
It is generally to be met with along wood- 
fides, hedges, and other fhady places. 
A grafs much more early in its foliage than 
the former, and far better as a pafture grafs. 
It is not liable to decay, nor is it apt to lofe 
ground as the Holcus lanatus does, and this I 
may fay is owing to its creeping roots. It 
would bear to be cultivated on dry, gravelly, 
or fandy foils, efpecially if on a northern af- 
pect, and is capable of fuftaining drought equal 
to any grafs. It is not abundant in flowering 
ftems, nor is it to be confidered as a good 
meadow grafs. It thrives beft at the foot of 
hills or mountains, particularly on the northern 
fide, 
mollis. 
