38 LAGURUS OVATUS. 



densely covered both above and below with downy hairs. Inflorescence 

 compound panicled. Form ovate, except near the base, where it is 

 more flat. An inch in length. Branches short and crowded; at first 

 upright, but afterwards driven to one side by the power of the wind 

 over them. Spikelets dense, consisting of two equal-sized long glumes, 

 fringed with long, white, downy hairs, and one floret, which is shorter 

 than the glumes, and composed of two equal sized palese, the exterior 

 one being rough and five-ribbed; ending in two bristles, and having 

 a lengthy dorsal awn. Styles two. Filaments three. Stigmas feathery. 

 Anthers cloven at either extremity. Length from three to nine inches. 



Flowers in June, and the seed becomes ripe at the end of July. 



I am indebted to Miss Guille for the specimen illustrated. 



