46 POLYPOGON MONSPELIENSIS. art 
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inches. Branches rough, but rachis almost smooth. Spikelet 
of one awned floret, shorter than the calyx. The calyx of two 
membranous hairy obtuse linear glumes, having a rough slender 
awn of great length arising just beneath the apex. Dentate 
on the lower half of the keels. Destitute of lateral ribs. 
Floret consisting of two palez, the exterior one ovate in shape, 
destitute of lateral ribs, half the length of the calyx, and furnished 
with a small awn, the interior one thin and _pellucid, some- 
what shorter and with entire margins. Length from nine to 
fifteen inches. Root creeping and fibrous. 
Flowers in the first week in July, and ripens its seed the 
second week of August. 
The illustration is from a specimen gathered in Plumstead 
_ Marsh, Kent, and forwarded by Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of 
Manchester. 
