336 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



(308) AlopecuniS. Fox-tail-grass. 

 * Outer glumes glabrous. 



A. agrestis : animal ; stem 1-2 feet high, erect_, slightly 

 decumbent at the base ; leaves short, with long, scarcely loose 

 sheaths ; spike 2-3 inches long, thin, tapering ; two outer 

 glumes united to about the middle. — Waste places, roadsides, 

 etc. Fl. May to September. 



** Outer glumes hairy on the heel. 



A. pratensis : stems erect, scarcely decumbent at the base, 

 1-2 feet high; upper sheaths loose; spike 2-3 inches long, 

 dense, obtuse, hairy; outer glumes free or scarcely united at 

 the base. — Meadows and pastures. Fl. May, June. 



A. geniculatus : stem procumbent at the base ; upper 

 sheaths loose ; spike 1-2 inches' long, cylindrical ; outer 

 glumes united at the base. — Moist meadows, marshy places. 

 Fl. June, July. Sometimes the stems thicken at the base 

 into a kind of bulb, and it is then called A. bulbosus. 



(309) Lag^rus. Hare's-tail-grass. 



L. ovatus : annual ; stems erect, \-\ foot high ; leaves 

 hoary with soft down, their sheaths rather swollen ; spikelets 

 1-flowered, crowded in an ovoid or oblong, softly hairy head, 

 J-l inch long. — Maritime sands in the Channel Islands. Fl. 

 June. 



(310) Polypogon. Beard-grass. 



P. monspeliensis : annual ; stems procumbent at the base, 

 rarely erect, 1-1 4 feet high; leaves flat, rather flaccid; pani- 

 cle contracted into a slightly branched spike, 2-3 inches long, 

 yellowish shining green, and thickly bearded with numerous 



