PHALARIS CANARIENSIS. 



PHALARIS CANARIENSIS. 



LINNAEUS. SMITH. HOOKER. LINDLEY. PARNELL. KOCH. 



GREVILLE. WILLDENOW. KNAPP. MARTYN. 



SCHRADER. LEERS. SCHREBER. SINCLAIR. SOWERBY. HUDSON. 

 WITHERING. SIBTHORP. 



PLATE VII. - A. 



The Cultivated Canary Grass. 



Phalaris Shining (from the Greek). Canariensis Canary Island. 



PHALARIS. Linnaeus. Panicle spiked or spreading, with laterally com- 

 pressed spikelets. Two glumes nearly equal in size, upright, membranaceous. 

 Glumellas two, awnless, hairy; outer palea without lateral ribs. Leaves broad 

 and flat. Only two British species. 



Its name is derived from the Greek, in allusion to the polished appearance 

 of its seeds. 



handsome Grass is not strictly a native of Great Britain, yet 

 JL has now become naturalized in many parts of England and 

 Scotland, probably owing to the extensive use of its seeds for feeding 

 Canaries and other small birds. 



It appears to prefer rich ground, and near Beeston it is seldom 

 found except in gardens and orchards. 



Native of the Canary Islands. It has also become naturalized in 

 America. 



Probably it is not of any agricultural value. 



Panicle globular, upright, with brief branches. Spikelets oval, 

 imbricated, flat, handsomely mai-ked with yellowish green and white 

 stripes, having one awnless floret. Calyx of two equal-sized compressed 

 glumes. Floret consisting of two palese, the outer one egg-shaped, 

 acute, hairy, having two membranous lance-shaped acute scales at the 

 base, of half the length of the palea. Palea having the outer one 



