ABBHENATHEBUM AVENACEUM. 89- 



ARRHENATHERUM AVENACEUM. 



BEAUVOIS. HOOKER AND GREVILLE. LINDLEY. BABINGTON. 

 PLATE XXVIII. 



Arrhenatherum elatior, KOCH. 



" bulbosum, LINDLEY. DUNAL. 



Avena elatior, LINN.EUS. HUDSON. CURTIS. 



" " MARTYN. CULLUM. SCHREBER, 



" " LEERS. WITHERING. RELHAN. 



" " HULL, ABBOT. 



" nodosa, CULLUM. 



" precatoria, THUILL. 



Holcus avenaceus, SMITH. HOOKER. GREVILLE. 



" " SCOPOLI. WlGGERS. SlBTHORP. 



" " KNAPP. SINCLAIR. SCHRADER. 



" " REICHENBACH. 



Gramen bulbosum nodosum, LOBEL. 



" caninum nodosum, GERARDE. 



The Oat- like Grass. 

 Arrhenatherum Male-awn. Avenaceum Of oats. 



ARRHENATHERUM. Beauvois. There is only a solitary example of this 

 genus in this country, namely, the Arrhenatherum avenaceum It has the 

 habit of the Oat Grass, yet differing in the number and structure of its 

 florets. The name is derived from two Greek words, signifying male and 

 awn. 



A PRODUCTIVE agricultural Grass, especially on clayey soil, yet 

 --LJL. a species but little grown in this country. It will thrive well 

 under trees, and is sometimes a troublesome weed in corn fields. 



A common Grass in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany* 

 Italy, and the United States. 



