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DACTYLIS GLOMERATA. 



LlNN^US. HOOKEE AND AENOTT. J. E. SMITH. GrEEVILLE. MACEEIGHT. 



KUNTH. RALFS. WITHEEING. PABNELL. LINDLEY. 

 BABINGTON. R-EICHENBACH. DEAKIN. SINCLAIE. WILLDENOW. 



RELHAN. MAETYN. KNAPP. SCHEADEE. 

 SCHEEBEE. HOST. LEEES. OEDEE. SlBTHOEP. HUDSON. 



PLATE XLI. B. 



IBromus glomeratus, SCOPOLI. 



Gramen asperum, BAUHIN. RAY. 



The Rough Cock's-foot Grass. 



Dactylis A finger. Glomerata In heaps. 



DACTYLIS. Linnceus. The Cock's-foot Grass. There is only a solitary 

 British species. It is abundant everywhere. Name derived from the Greek. 



THIS very common species is to be found everywhere. It 

 is a rough harsh Grass, not liked by cattle, and where it pre- 

 dominates in a field, the produce, although increased in bulk, 

 is rendered inferior in quality. 



Native of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Norway, Sweden, 

 Denmark, Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Russia, North 

 Africa, and North America, growing to an altitude of one 

 thousand feet above the sea. 



Stem upright, circular, striated, and very rough, bearing five 

 or six linear, flat, acute, widely-spreading, very rough (edges 

 minutely toothed) leaves, with rough striated sheaths. Joints 

 smooth and polished. Inflorescence compound-panicled. Panicle 



