PHLEUM PRATEN8E. 25 



PHLEUM PRATENSE. 



LINN^US. KOCH. LEERS. PARNELL. SMITH. HOOKER. WILLDENOW. 



LINDLEY. GREVILLE. KNAPP. 



MARTYN. SCHREBER. SCHRADER. SINCLAIR. SOWERBY. HUDSON. 

 WITHERING. SIBTHORP. ABBOT. RELH. HULL. 



PLATE VIII. B. 



Phleum nodosum, LINN^US. WILLDENOW. LEERS. 



" " OEDER. SINCLAIR. 



Alopecurus bulbosus, DICKSON. 



Gramen typhoides minus, MORISON. 



" typhinum minus, GERARDE. 



The Caf s-tail Grass. 

 Phleum Reed Mace. Pratense Meadow. 



PHLEUM. Linnceus. Stigmas long and slender. Floret consisting of two 

 palese, which are not awned. Panicle spiked. Spikelets laterally compressed. 

 Glumes parallel, about equal in size, longer than the floret. There are six 

 British species. 



Name derived from the Greek, formerly applied, it is conjectured, to the 

 Reed Mace. 



A COMMON species, known as Timothy Grass, growing in moist 

 JY. soils, common in Great Britain in meadows and pastures. It 

 has been recommended as a good agricultural Grass, from the nutritive 

 matter in its flower stems, yet cattle are not fond of it, and it appears 

 to be of too slow growth for the aftermath, in order for it to become 

 a remunerative Grass. Mr. Sinclair condemns its being grown alone 

 in fields, but recommends it amongst other species as a valuable 

 addition. 



Found in Lapland, Sweden, Norway, and North America. 



Panicle upright, compact, and cylindrical, green, and white; length 



