ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS. 
Linnzvus. Parnett. Scureser. Hooxrer anp Arnotr. Kocn. Lerrrs. 
GREVILLE. Curtis. Sincnarr. Linptry. Smirn. Kwyappr. 
Houpson. ScuHrapger. WitTHEeRiInc. Witn~pENow. Martyn. Graves. 
Te bY IND) Di ei 
Gramen alopecuroides majus, Morison. GERARDE. 
The Meadow Fox-tail Grass. 
Alopecurus—Fox-tail, (from the Greek.) Pratensis—Meadow. 
Axorrcurus. Linneus.—Inflorescence a thick, close-set panicle, which. 
is spiked. The spikelets are laterally compressed. Two almost equal 
glumes, their base mostly connate; membranaceous, and of the same 
length as the floret. A solitary glumella, having a dorsal awn above 
the base. 
Ont of the most valuable agricultural Grasses; cattle are 
exceedingly fond of it, and being good in quality, and an early 
species. It flourishes best in meadows which have been drained, 
on a rich clayey soil. 
Exceedingly common in Great Britain, and is found also in 
Russia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Lapland, Holland, France, 
Germany, Italy, and America. In the latter country it is how- 
ever supposed to have been introduced. 
Panicle upright, varying from an inch to two inches long, 
nearly cylindrical in form, having small branches arranged all 
round the rachis. Spikelets ovate in form, erect, imbricated, 
numerous. Calyx consisting of two equal-length glumes, acute 
and jointed at the base, pale green lateral ribs and keels, which 
are fringed. Floret consisting of a solitary ovate-oblong palea, 
