198 TBITICUM CANINUM. 



glume, and crowned with a lengthy slender awn. Inner palea. mem- 

 branous, and having two green marginal ribs. Length from twenty- 

 four to forty-eight inches. Root perennial and fibrous. 



Flowers at the commencement of July, and ripens its seed in a 

 mouth. 



The specimen illustrated was gathered at Congleton, by Mr. Joseph 

 Sidebothain, of Manchester. 



