28 PHLEUM ALPINUM. 



branous margins; the keels, which are green, are fringed with short 

 white hairs; the glumes end in a rough awn, of rather more than half 

 the length of the glume. Floret consisting of a pair of membranous 

 paleaD, the exterior one being egg-shaped, five-ribbed; keel hirsute; 

 small rough dorsal awn; inner palea somewhat shorter. Length from 

 six to twelve inches. 



Comes into bloom in July, and the seed becomes ripe before Sep- 

 tember. 



The present Grass bears some resemblance to Alopecurus alpinus, 

 yet the latter species has the panicle silky, the glumes of the calyx 

 destitute of awns, and the floret possessing only one palea. 



I am indebted to Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester, for the 

 specimen illustrated, which was gathered on the Clova Mountains. 



