CYNOSURUS CRIST ATU8. 139 



CYNOSURUS CRTSTATUS. 



LINN.EUS. J. E SMITH. HOOKER AND ARNOTT. PARNELL MACREIGHT. 



KUNTH. RALFS. LINDLEY. GREVILLE. BABINGTON. 

 REICHENBACH. DEAKIN. SINCLAIR. RELHAN. WILLDENOW. 



MARTYN. KNAPP. STILLINGFLEET. 

 SCHRADER. HOST. SCHREBER. LEERS. OEDER. WITHERING. 



PLATE XLIV. A. 



Gramen cristatum, BAUHIN. RAY. GERARDE. 



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The Crested Dog* s-tail Grass. 



Cynosurus Dog's-tail. Cristatus Crested. 



CYNOSURUS. Linntzus. The Dog's-tail Grass. Two British species; one 

 the Cynosurus cristatus, common; the other C. echmatus, local. Name derived 

 from the Greek. 



A VALUABLE permanent pasture Grass, but too dry and hard for 

 ./~V hay. It flourishes best in clayey soils. Cattle are fond of the 

 young leaves, yet reject the flower stalks, which cause the fields to 

 look unsightly when they become dry. The stems are valuable for 

 the manufacture of plait for Leghorn bonnets. 



Common in England, Scotland, and Ireland. 



Native of France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, 

 Prussia, Norway, and Sweden, extending to an elevation of two 

 thousand feet. 



Stem circular, smooth, erect, and striated, having five flat, narrow, 

 acute leaves, with smooth ; sheaths. Joints smooth. Inflorescence 

 simple-panicled. Panicle upright, one inch and a half in length, 

 linear, green when young, eventually brown. Spikelets consisting of 

 three to five florets, having at the base a handsome pectinated 

 involucre, which, together with the spikelets, point to one side of the 



