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2. H. nodosum (Meadow-Barley). Often known as H. pratense 

 Erect or decumbent, often 2 feet high, tufted or bulbous at the 

 base ; leaves glabrous, rather narrow ; spike \\-i inches long, close, 

 cylindrical ; flowers of the central spikelet perfect, of the lateral 

 ones male or rudimentary or none ; outer glumes all awn-like from 

 the base. Moist meadows and pastures ; common. Fl. July. 

 Perennial. 



3. H. murinum (Wall-Barley). Tufted, rather coarse ; stems 

 decumbent at the base, 1-2 feet long ; leaves often hairy ; spikes 

 dense, cylindrical, 3-4 inches long ; spikeleis differing from those 

 of the last in having the glumes of the central one lanceolate and 

 ciliate at the base. Waste places and roadsides ; common. Fl. 

 June, July. Biennial. (PI. xcv.) 



4. //. marinum (Sea-Barley). Also called //. maritimum. 

 Similar to the preceding, but smaller and somewhat glaucous ; 

 spikes smaller, with shorter awns ; outer glumes all lanceolate at 

 the base, but not ciliate. Common on some parts of the coast in 

 England. Fl. June, July. Annual. 



45. Lepturus (Sea Hard Grass) 



1. L. filiforiis (Sea Hard Grass). Usually small, decumbent 

 and much branched at the base ; leaves short, almost needle-like ; 

 spike 2-4 inches long, very slender, usually curved ; outer glumes 

 about inch long, stiff and pointed. Gravelly places near the sea ; 

 not generally common. Fl. July. Annual. 



46. Lolium (Rye-Grass) 



1. L. pcrenne (Rye-Grass, Way-Bent). Slender, 1-2 feet high, 

 leafy only at the base ; spike 6-12 inches long ; spikclets more or 

 less distant ; outer glumes stiff, strongly nerved, seldom \ inch long, 

 never so long as the whole spikelet ; flowering glumes 8-16 or more, 

 obtuse or pointed <>r shortly awned. Very variable in the shape of 

 the glumes. Luxuriant specimens with branched spikes are occa- 

 sionally found. Meadows, pastures, and waste places ; abundant. 

 Fl. June. Usually perennial. (PI. xcv.) 



2. L. linicola. Unlike the last, this has no barren shoots, the 

 outer glumes are shorter and less acute, and the flowering glumes 

 have a somewhat swollen appearance when in fruit. Cultivated 

 places. Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



3. L. ilalicum (Italian Rye-Grass). Sometimes considered as a 

 cultivated variety of L. perenne it has leafy barren shoots, as in 

 that species, but the whole plant is paler green, the spikelet* are 

 longer, and the flowering glumes have long awns. Cultivated fields 

 Fl. June. Perennial. 



