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ciliate. . arenariwn (Bab.) ; lower part of the st. buried, 

 lengthened and rooting, thus appearing to creep. Waste places. 

 /3. Sands of the sea-shore. A. VI. VII. 



4. H. maritimum (Wither.) ; gl. scabrous, inner one of the 

 lateral fl. half-ovate, the rest setaceous, lateral fl. imperfect. 

 E. B. 1205. P. 10. The smallest species. Sandy pastures 

 near the sea. A. VI. 



49. LEPTURUS R. Br. 



1. Li. incurvatus (Trin.) ; spike cylindrical-subulate, gl. 2 

 equalling or slightly exceeding the flowers. Rottboellia Sm., 

 E. B. 760. P. 2. St. 26 in. long. Spike long, curved when 

 dry. J3. L.Jiliformis(Tnn.); spikes much more slender filiform 

 scarcely at all curved. P. 3. Sandy salt marshes. A. VII. 



50. LOLIUM Linn. Rye-grase. 



1. L.perenne (L.) ; with leafy barren shoots, edges of young 

 I. simply folded, spikelets 3 11 -flowered, gl. equalling the 

 lowest fl., lower pale usually awnless. E. B. 315. P. 65. 

 St. 1 1-a- foot high, usually bent at the lower knots. Whole 

 plant rather dark green. j8. aristatum ; lower pale with a long 

 awn.- y. L. tenue (L.); spikelets few-flowered, 1. slender. 

 Sometimes the spikelets become converted into branches ; occa- 

 sionally the rachis is so much shortened as to form a broad ovate 

 close distichous spike. Common. P. VI. Rye-grass. 



[*2. L. italicum (A. Braun) ; with leafy barren shoots, edges 

 of young I. involute, spikelets 9 14-flowered, outer pale with a 

 long awn. R. vii. 77- L~ perenne. P. 138 141. L. multi- 

 fiorum H. and A. (not Lam.). St. many, straight, in close tufts, 

 H 3 feet high. Whole plant, especially the spikelets, paler 

 than in the preceding. Ligule short, abrupt. Probably the true 

 L. multiflorum (Lam.) is confounded with this in Britain; it has 

 no barren shoots and is annual. Cultivated fields. B. or P. VI. 

 Italian Rye-grass. 



[3. L. linicola (Sond.) ; no barren shoots, spikelets 7 11- 

 flowered exceeding the gl., lower pale longer than its awn or 

 awnless. E. B. 2955. St. erect. Lower pale cartilaginous 

 below, narrower than the upper, tumid in fruit. Cultivated 

 fields. Sussex. Yorkshire. A. VI. VII.] 



4. L. temulentum (L.); no barren shoots, spikelets about 

 6-flowered equalling or shorter than the gl., lower pale as long as 

 its awn. E.B. 1124. P. 142. St. erect. Ligule short. Upper 

 gl. usually present, often bifid. )8. L. arvense (With.); fl. 4 5 

 without or with short awns. E. B. 1125. Cultivated fields. 

 A. VI. VIII. Darnel. 



