LOLIUM TEMULENTUM. 
Linnzvs. Hooker anp Arnott. SmITH. PaRneEtu. 
Deakin. Linptry. Srncuarr. Kocnu. Basineton. Scuraper. Host. 
Witipenow. Kwyapp. Scureser. Le&eErs. 
Orper. Exnruart. Butt. Hupson. Witruertnc. Hutt. Aspor. 
Retyuan. Kuntu. Macreicut. 
PLATE LXVIII—A. 
Lolium arvense, Wirnertne. Hurry. Sire. LInpiey. 
se ss Hooxer. Kwnarp. Scurapver. Host. 
Retuan. Kuntu. Macreicut. 
album, GERARDE. Ray. 
verum, GesnerRI. Mortson. 
oe as 
Darnel or Bearded Rye-Grass. 
Lolium—Darnel. Temulentum—Drunken, in allusion to the 
poisonous, sleepy property of tue seeds. 
Nor only a useless Grass, but a noxious weed, especially in 
corn-fields. 
The seeds are said to be poisonous. 
Not common in Scotland and Ireland, yet frequent in England, 
and found in the counties of Devon, Sussex, Kent, Essex, 
Cambridge, Suffolk, Bedford, Worcester, Nottingham, York, 
Durham, and Northumberland. In Wales in Carnarvonshire, 
and the Island of Anglesea. Also a native of France, Italy, 
Germany, Japan, South America, Norway, Sweden, and North 
Africa. 
Stem circular, having four flat, lanceolate, acute, rough, mi- 
nutely-toothed leaves, with smooth striated sheaths, the upper 
