82 HORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS. 



SECT. IX. Grasses with 3 Stamina, 2 Styles., several Flowers in 

 each Calyx (except Spartina), Floivers all bisexual., the ter- 

 minating Floret frequently unisexual or barren. 



LOLIUM. Rye-grass, or darnel. Generic character : calyx of 

 one valve, lateral, fixed, pressing a spiket of flowers close to 

 the rachis, or spike-stalk; corolla 2-valved, spear-shaped, ex- 

 terior valve near the apex sometimes awned ; seed covered 

 with the corolla husks, convex on one side, and furrowed on 

 the other. 



perenne vulgare, per. rye-grass, perennial rye-grass, indig. June 

 till August. Hort. Gram. Fo. 105. E. Bot. 315. Sm. Engl. 

 Fl. i. p. 173. 

 perenne tenue, per. slender rye-grass ; the spike is erect, very 



slender, calyx containing 2 or 3 florets. 

 perenne Whitworthensis^, per. Whitworth's rye-grass ; spike 



slender, leaves numerous, narrower, light-green. 

 perenne stolonifera, per. stoloniferous ; culm short, spike short, 



crowded, culms rooting at the base. 



perenne compositum, per. double-spiked, rye-grass ; spike gene- 

 rally bent, spikelets broad, crowded. 

 perenne monstrosum, per. double-flowering rye-grass ; spikelets 



round or globular. 

 perenne Stickniensis'f, per. Stickney's rye-grass ; spike long, 



spikelets numerous, leaves broad, long, pale green. 

 perenne ramosum, per. branched rye-grass ; spike with branches 



towards the top ; calyx 8 or 9-flowered. 

 paniculatum, per. panicled. 



perenne RussellianumJ, per. Russell's rye-grass ; spike long, 



spikelets pointed, leaves numerous, broad, long, dark green. 



perenne viviparum, per. viviparous rye-grass ; truly viviparous, 



never producing seeds, but plants. 



multiflorum, per. many (20-25) flowered rye-grass, nat. France ; 

 in pastures, and on the margins of corn fields. R. S. Linn. 

 Syst. Veg. i. p. 748. 



* First introduced and cultivated by G. Whitworth, Esq. of Acre House, Lin- 

 colnshire. 



f The seed of this variety I received under the name of Stickney's Rye-grass. 



j First cultivated by Benjamin Holdich, Esq., from seed obtained of a plant in a 

 rich fen pasture, pointed out to Mr. Holdich by the Duke of Bedford. 



