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LAGURUS OVATUS. 
Linnzvus. Hooxrr anp Arnott. Kocu. Kuntu. Situ. Basineron. 
Linpitry. Kwapp. WitHerinc. ParneEL.t. 
Witipenow. Dicxson. Scuraper. Host. Scuresper. Hvtt. 
PLATE XI.—A. 
Alopecuros genuina, Morison. 
s spicd rotundiore, Morison. 
The Hare’s-tail Grass. 
Lagurus—Hare’s-tail, (from the Greek.) Ovatus—Egg-shaped. 
Laavrus. JLinneus.—Panicle spiked. Spikelets laterally compressed. 
Glumes fringed throughout, terminating in a lengthy subulate point. Glu- 
mellas two in number, membranaceous in texture, the exterior one terminating 
in two long bristles. Only one British example, and this confined to a 
portion of Guernsey. The name is derived from the Greek, and signifies 
a hare’s tail, from the downy feel and appearance of the panicle. 
One of the rarest and most beautiful of our British Grasses, 
growing in sandy exposed situations in the north and west of 
Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. It was first discovered 
there by Mr. Gosselin. Miss Guille informs me that it is 
abundant near the sea-shore. Sir J. E. Smith, in his “British 
Flora,” remarks that Lagurus ovatus serves to decorate flower- 
pots in winter, like the Stipa pennata, and the foreign Briza 
maxima; there are, however, a number of other species which, 
when placed in a vase in a bunch, produce a pleasing effect. 
Root annual, composed of seven or eight woolly fibres. Stem 
upright, circular, smooth, with three or four joints. Leaves 
four or five in number, with tumid, very downy sheaths. 
Ligule bold, obtuse, and encircling the stem. Leaves flat, 
