ALOPECURUS FULVUS. 15 



ALOPECURUS FULVUS. 



SMITH. KOCH. PARNELL. HOOKER. LINDLEY. 



PLATE V.- B. 

 Alopecurus geniculatus, var. WITHERING. 



The Orange Spiked Fox-tail Grass. 

 Alopecurus Fox-tail. Fulvus Fulvous. 



present species is closely allied to Alopecurus geniculatus, but 

 -I- the spike is more slender and not so long. It is found about 

 ponds and ditches, and frequently floating on the water. 



It is to be met with in Cheshire, Essex, Worcester, Cambridge, 

 and Norfolk. A rare Scotch Grass, having only been found in Fife- 

 shire and Angusshire. It is not found in Ireland, or America, or 

 Southern Europe, but Linnseus noticed it in Lapland. 



Of no use for agricultural purposes. A somewhat rare species. 



Panicle upright, compact, cylindrical, having short branches all round 

 the rachis; one to two inches long. Spikelets small, numerous, upright, 

 oval, consisting of one awned floret of the same length as the calyx. 

 Calyx consisting of two equal-sized sharp membranous glumes, three- 

 ribbed; keel fringed, lateral ribs pale green and hairy. Floret of one 

 palea, having two ribs widely apart on each side, oval, slender, a dorsal 

 awn, which does not extend beyond the palea. Filaments three in 

 number, slender. Anthers roundish, yellowish, short, and notched at 

 either extremity. Styles brief and united. Stigmas slender and feathery. 

 Stem ascending, joints bent, base procumbent, smooth, having four or 

 five leaves with smooth striated sheaths, uppermost sheath of same 

 length as its leaf, inflated, and having an oblong ligule, which is mem- 

 branous. Joints smooth. Leaves acute, flat. Inflorescence panicled. 

 Length from twelve to eighteen inches. Root fibrous and perennial. 



Flowers in June. 



