210 LEPTURU8 INCURVATUS. 



joints, bearing six or seven narrow, acute, involute leaves, with smooth, 

 striated, inflated sheaths, having a very brief blunt ligule at the apex. 

 Inflorescence spiked. Spike lengthy and cylindrical. Spikelets alternate 

 on the rachis. Calyx of two glumes, which are four-ribbed, lanceolate, 

 acute, compact, and only spreading whilst in flower. Florets of two 

 paleas, somewhat shorter than the glumes, linear, membranous, and 

 ribless. Filaments capillary. Anthers cloven at either extremity, and 

 pendulous. Styles brief. Stigmas plumose. Length from three to 

 six inches. Root annual and fibrous. 



Flowers towards the close of July, and ripens its seed in the middle 

 of August. 



There is a slender erect-growing variety found near Aberlady, which 

 is known as var. Jiliformis. 



I am indebted to Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester, and to 

 Dr. Wilson, of Nottingham, for specimens. 



The illustration is from a specimen gathered at Southsea, by Mr. 

 T. Coward. 



