198 TRITICUM CANINUM. 
five awned florets. The calyx composed of two rough, awned, 
three-ribbed, equal-sized glumes. Florets of two palee, exte- 
rior one of basal floret hirsute, five-ribbed, of same length as 
glume, and crowned with a lengthy slender awn. Inner 
palea membranous, and having two green marginal ribs. 
Length from twenty-four to forty-eight inches. Root perennial 
and fibrous. 
Flowers at the commencement of July, and ripens its seed 
in a month. 
The specimen illustrated was gathered at Congleton, by Mr. 
Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester. 
