20 PHALARIS CANARIENSIS. 



the palea. Palea having the outer one longest. Seeds pol- 

 ished. Stem slender, upright, smooth, having five or six leaves 

 with rough inflated sheaths, the upper one being longer than its 

 leaf, and having a white rounded ligule at its apex. Joints yel- 

 lowish, naked. Leaves somewhat broad, lanceolate, acute, rather 

 rough. Inflorescence panicled. Length from twelve to twenty- 

 four inches. Root fibrous, white, annual. 



Flowers at the beginning of July, and ripens seed in last 

 week in August. 



Specimens have been forwarded by Dr. Wilson, of Notting- 

 ham, and Mr. Sidebotham, of Manchester, the latter from the 

 road-sides in Cheshire, where it is not common. 



The illustration is from a specimen gathered in an orchard 

 at Beeston, near Nottingham, where it grows sparingly. 



