DACTYLIS GLOMERATA. 
Linnexvus. Hooxer anp Arnott. J. E. Smite. Grevitte. Macretenr. 
Kuntu. Ratrs. Witnertnc. Parnentt. Linptey. 
BaBiInecton. REICHENBACH. DEAKIN. Sinctarr. WILLDENOW. 
Retwan. Martyn. Knapp. ScHRraper. 
Scureser. Host. Leers. Orper. SistHorp. Hupson. 
PLATE XLI.—B. 
Bromus glomeratus, Scopo.i. 
Gramen asperum, Bavuwin. Ray. 
The Rough Cock’s-foot Grass. 
Dactylis—A. finger. Glomerata—In heaps. 
Dacrytis. Linneus.—The Cock’s-foot Grass. There is only a solitary 
British species. It is abundant everywhere. Name derived from the Greek. 
THIs very common species is to be found everywhere. It 
is a rough harsh Grass, not liked by cattle, and where it pre- 
dominates in a field, the produce, although increased in bulk, 
is rendered inferior in quality. 
Native of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Norway, Sweden, 
Denmark, Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Russia, North 
Africa, and North America, growing to an altitude of one 
thousand feet above the sea. 
Stem upright, circular, striated, and very rough, bearing five 
or six linear, flat, acute, widely-spreading, very rough (edges 
minutely toothed) leaves, with rough striated sheaths. Joints 
smooth and polished. Inflorescence compound-panicled. Panicle 
