98 PENIOUM CRUS-GALLI. 



unequal, inner one considerably the largest, three -ribbed, and hirsute. 

 Lowest floret barren. Styles two. Stigmas short and plumose. 

 Filaments three. Anthers short, and cloven at either extremity. 

 Length from twelve to twenty-four inches. Root annual and fibrous. 

 The specimen for illustration was collected in fields at Battersea, by 

 Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester. 



