390 97. GRAMINE^E. 



the keel, wing entire, rudimentary fl. 2 half as long as the fertile 

 fl., pales pilose. E. B. 1310. P. 9. St. 12 feet high, termi- 

 nating in a compact compound panicle. Gl. large, pale yellow 

 variegated with green lines and remarkably winged at the back. 

 Scarcely naturalized. A. VII. True Canary-grass. 



[P. paradoxa (L.) ; pan. spikelike, gl. of fertile fl. with a 

 blunt toothed wing on the keel many-veined, rudimentary fl. 

 several much shorter. St. decumbent below, then ascending, 

 1 3 ft. high, branched. Lower part of pan. usually barren ; 

 branches with about 6 spikes. Swanage, Dorset. A. VIL] E. 



2. P. arundinacea (L.); pan. upright with spreading branches, 

 fl. clustered, gl. not winged, rudimentary fl. 1 or 2 small hairy. 

 E. B. 402. P. 9. St. 45 feet high. Root creeping. Pan. 

 3 4 in. long. GL keeled. L. sometimes variegated with white 

 lines. By water. P. VI. VII. 



8. ANTHOXANTHUM Linn. Vernal-grass. 



1. A. odoratum (L.) ; pan. spikelike oblong compound, gl. 

 about as long as the awns. E. B. 647. P. 8. About a foot 

 high. Spike lanceolate, dense, or rather interrupted below. 

 Very common in pastures. P. V. VI. 



9. HIEROCHLOE Gmel. Holy-grass. 



1. H. borealis(R. and S.) ; pan. divaricate, pedicels glabrous, 

 fl. awnless, 1. flat, root creeping. E. B. S. 264 1. P. 31. About 

 a foot high. Spikelets ovate, brown. Glen Kella or Cally, For- 

 farshire. iMr. G.Don. Thurso, Caithness. Mr. R.Dick. P. VII. S. 



Tribe IV. PMeinea. 



10. PHLEUM Linn. Cat's-tail-grass. 



1. P. asperum (Jacq.) ; pan. cylindrical, gl. wedgeshaped 

 truncate swelling upwards, keels rough, rudimentary fl. subulate. 

 E. B. 1077. St. 26. 5. P. 79. St. often branched, leafy 

 almost up to the panicle. Lower pale entire, not awned. Diy 

 open fields, rare. A. VII. E. 



2. P. Boehmeri (Wibel) ; pan. cylindrical, gl. linear-lanceolate 

 obliquely truncate mucronate, keel ciliate above, rudimentary fl, 

 subulate. .E. B. 459. P. 80. St. leafy below, the upper half 

 naked, with sterile leafy shoots. Lower pale entire, not awned. 

 Dry chalky fields, rare. P. VIL E. 



[3. P. Michelii (All.) ; pan. nearly cylindrical, gl. lanceolate 



