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A. pratensis L., " Meadow Foxtail," lias acute, hairy, 

 empty glumes connate below the middle ; root-stock 

 creeping ; culms leafy. An excellent fodder-grass, espe- 

 cially for wet meadows. [A. ocddentalis Scribn. is a val- 

 uable hay grass in the Rocky Mountain region.] The 

 species having a distinct palea are Colobachne Beauv. 

 (as a genus) ; Tozettia Savi is A. utricidatus L. 



120. (123) Mibora Adans. (Chamagrostis Borkh., 



FIG. 48. Al opecurus praten- 

 sis. (After Nees, Gen. 

 Germ., I. 7.) 



FIG. 49. Mibora verna Adans. 

 (After Nees, Gen. Germ., I. 6.) 



Knappia Sm., Sturmia Hoppe). A delicate, dwarf grass 

 with short setaceous leaves, slender spikes, and awnless 

 glumes. 



Species one (M. verna Adans.), in Western Europe 

 (Fig. 49). 



121. (124) Coleanthus Seid. (Schmidtia Trattiu). A 



