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ALOPECURUS FULVUS. 



SMITH. KOCH, PAENELL. HOOKEE. LINDLEY. 



PLATE V. B. 



Alopecurus geniculatus, var. WITHERING. 



The Orange Spiked Fox-tail Grass. 



Alopecurus Fox-tail. Fulvus Fulvous. 



THE present species is closely allied to Alopecurus genicu- 

 latus, but the spike is more slender and not so long. It 

 is found about ponds and ditches, and frequently floating on 

 the water. 



It is to be met with in Cheshire, Essex, Worcester, Cam- 

 bridge, and Norfolk. A rare Scotch Grass, having only been 

 found in Fifeshire and Angusshire. It is not found in Ireland, 

 or America, or Southern Europe, but Linneeus noticed it in 

 Lapland. 



Of no use for agricultural purposes. A somewhat rare species. 



Panicle upright, compact, cylindrical, having short branches 

 all round the rachis; one to two inches long. Spikelets small, 

 numerous, upright, oval, consisting of one awned floret of the 

 same length as the calyx. Calyx consisting of two equal- 

 sized sharp membranous glumes, three-ribbed; keel fringed, 

 lateral ribs pale green and hairy. Floret of one palea, having 

 two ribs widely apart on each side, oval, slender, a dorsal 

 awn, which does not extend beyond the palea. Filaments three 

 in number, slender. Anthers roundish, yellowish, short, and 

 notched at either extremity. Styles brief and united. Stigmas 

 slender and feathery. Stem ascending, joints bent, base pro- 



