904 ° LOLIUM PERENNE. 
basal floret five-ribbed, membranous, and shorter than the 
glume. Filaments slender. Styles brief. Stigmas plumose on 
the upper side. Anthers cloven at either extremity. Length 
from fifteen to twenty-four inches. Root perennial and fibrous. 
Flowers in the middle of June, and ripens its seed at the 
commencement of July. 
Var. Angustifolium.—Tall and slender; leaves narrow and 
long. 
Var. Racemosum.—Having the spikelets pedunculated. 
Var. Tenue.—Dwarf, with spikelets of three or four florets. 
The specimen illustrated was gathered at Highfield House. 
