196 TRITICUM REPENS. 
dentated, and having two green marginal ribs. Length from 
twelve to twenty-four inches. Root perennial and creeping. 
Flowers at the commencement of July, and ripens its seed 
in six weeks. 
There is a common variety known as variety Aristatum, 
which is frequently mistaken for Triticwm caninum, but is 
distinguished in the glumes having five ribs. 
The specimen illustrated was gathered at Beeston, near 
Nottingham. 
