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GROUP IX. See Part II. 

 GROUP X. Hairy Grasses. 



Yorkshire Fog, Flying Bent, Sweet Vernal, and 



False Oat 28 



Yellow or Golden Oat 28 



Couch Grass 28 



GROUP XL See Part II. 



GROUP XII. Ribless Bladed Grasses with Median Lines 

 Meadow Grass (Poa). 



Thick-bladed Smooth-stalked Meadow Grass 29 



Distinction from Cocksfoot 30 



Thin-bladed Annual Meadow Grass 31 



.Roueh-stalked Meadow Grass 31 



Note on Bent Grass (Agrostis) 32 



CHAPTER II. 

 CLASSIFICATION 33 



PART II. GRASSES IN GENERAL. 



CHAPTER III. 



CHARACTERS OF THE GROUPS 43 



ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL GRASSES 48 



GROUP I. Sheath Coloured 49 



Red sheathed Lolium, Festuca. 



Yellow sheathed Cynosurus. 



Black sheathed Alopecurus. 



White sheathed, red veins Holcus. 



GROUP II. Variegated Aira, Dactylis, Phalaris 50 



GROUP III. Bulbous 50 



Ribs high Alopecurus. 



Ribs low Phleum, Avena. 



Ribs absent Poa. 



Notes on Groups II. and III 51 



GROUP IV. Cord-rooted 5 2 



Bristle-bladed Nardus. 



Flat-bladed Molinia. 



