20 PHALARIS CANARIENSIS. 
the palea. Palea having the outer one longest. Seeds pol- 
ished. Stem slender, upright, smooth, having five or six leaves 
with rough inflated sheaths, the upper one being longer than its 
leaf, and having a white rounded ligule at its apex. Joints yel- 
lowish, naked. Leaves somewhat broad, lanceolate, acute, rather 
. rough. Inflorescence panicled. Length from twelve to twenty- 
four inches. Root fibrous, white, annual. 
Flowers at the beginning of July, and ripens seed in last 
week in August. 
Specimens have been forwarded by Dr. Wilson, of Notting- 
ham, and Mr. Sidebotham, of Manchester, the latter from the 
road-sides in Cheshire, where it is not common. 
The illustration is from a specimen gathered in an orchard 
at Beeston, near Nottingham, where it grows sparingly. 
