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POLYPOGON MONSPELIENSIS. 



DESFONTAINES. KOCH. SMITH. HOOKER. LINDLEY. 

 PARNELL. SCHRADER. MARSCHALL. 



PLATE XIV. A. 



Agrostis panicea, AITON. WILLDENOW. 



Alopecurus monspeliensis, LINN^US. WITHERING. 



" aristatus, HUDSON. 



Agrostis triaristata, KNAPP. 



Alopecurus maxima angh'ca, RAY. 



" paniceus, LINNAEUS. WITHERING. 



Cynosurus paniceus, LINN.EUS. 



Phleum crinitum, SCHREBER. J. E. SMITH. 



The Annual Beard-Grass. 



Polypogon Many A beard (from the Greek). Mbnspeh'ensi's Belonging to 



Montpelier. 



POLYPOGON. Desfontaines. The Beard-Grass, of which two species occur 

 in Great Britain, has compact panicles, whose spikelets are laterally com- 

 pressed. Glumes two, equal-sized, notched, and awned. Name derived from 

 the Greek, meaning many beards. 



A BEAUTIFUL rare Grass, growing in moist situations near the sea. 

 Found in Hampshire, Kent, Essex, Norfolk, Gloucester, Durham, 

 Fifeshire, and the Island of Guernsey. Also found along the Medi- 

 terranean Sea. 



Stem upright, circular, rather rough, carrying five or six broad flat 

 acute rough leaves, with striated smooth sheaths, the upper one ex- 

 tending beyond its leaf. Ligule long, rough, and acute. Joints smooth. 

 Inflorescence compound panicled. Panicle upright, close, lobed, silky; 

 length from one to two inches. Branches rough, but rachis almost 

 smooth. Spikelet of one awned floret, shorter than the calyx. The 



