344 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



narrow, erect, subsecund, slightly branched, 5-6 inches long. 

 Meadows and moist pastures. Fl. June, July. 



Var. loliacea : spikelets almost sessile, in a simple spike. 

 Meadows. 



Var. elatior : taller, reed-like, with broader leaves, the pa- 

 nicle more branched and spreading. Banks of rivers and wet 

 places. 



** Awns as long as or longer than the glumes. 

 P. Myurus : annual ; stems tufted, one foot high ; leaves 

 narrow, convolute ; panicle slender, one-sided, 2-6 inches long, 

 contracted, sometimes reduced to a simple spike, the branches 

 always short and erect ; glumes narrow, the outer ones very 

 unequal, the pales ending in an awn at least as long as them- 

 selves. Sandy places, roadsides, etc. Fl. June, July. 



(330) Dactylis. COCK'S-FOOT-GRASS. 



D. glomerata : stems coarse, 12 feet high ; leaves flaccid, 

 rough on the edges; clusters of spikelets dense and ovoid, col- 

 lected into a close spike of about an inch, or in a broken spike 

 of several inches long, or on the branches of a short, more or 

 less spreading panicle; each spikelet much flattened, ovate; 

 glumes lanceolate, ciliated on the back. Meadows, pastures, 

 and waste ground. Fl. June, July. 



(331) Cynosurus. DOG'S-TAIL-GRASS. 



C. cristatus : stems slender, wiry, erect, 12 feet high ; 

 leaves short, narrow; flowering spike semicylindrical, oblong 

 or nearly linear, 1-3 inches long, the clusters regular, all 

 turned to one side. Dry, hilly pastures, and downs. Fl. 

 August. 



