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8. ALOPECURUS, L. 



Glumes 3 or 4; spikelets jointed on the pedicel. 



A. agrestis, L., Fox-tail Grass; in meadows. A.pra- 

 tensis, L.; with more cylindrical panicle; wet fields. A. 

 geniculatus, L. ; lower part of stem prostrate, rooting ; in 

 water. A.fulvus, Sm. ; resembling the last, with yellow 

 anthers ; ditches. 



Tribe ANDROPOGONE^E. Spikelets in pairs, one ses- 

 sile, the other stalked, with a single bisexual or male 

 flower. Not alpine. 



9. ANDROPOGON, L. 

 Glumes 2, equal or nearly so. 



A. Ischanum, L. ; spikelets 5-10, fascicled-digitate, 

 hairy; stony places. A. Gryllus, L. (Pollinia Gryllus, 

 Spreng.) ; spikelets with a crown of reddish-yellow hairs 

 at the base; Vaud, Valais, Ticino, Pyrenees. A. Alli- 

 onii, DC. (Heteropogon Allionii, R. S.); glumes with long 

 twisted awns ; rocky places ; Ticino. 



Tribe AGROSTIDE^:. Spikelets terete or compressed 

 laterally ; glumes 3 ; flower solitary, bisexual ; pale 2- 

 nerved. Genera 10-17. 



10. MlLIUM, L. 



Panicle spreading ; flowering glume hardening round 

 the fruit. Not alpine. 



M. effusum, L., Millet Grass ; leaves broad, flat, ulti- 

 mate branches of panicle very slender ; woods, common. 



