184 I'OACE.K. 



is thouglit to injuro liorses. Of sonu' promiso for niiwlow iiiul 

 pustuiTs. (Jraiii j?oo(l lor lislii-s. Viir. picta is known us •• IiIKHOn- 

 <juash" or '* Stuii'KI) (Jkass," " Ladiks' Tkacks." 



Uced cuniiry-j^niss is very widely tlistrihuted north in tlio tem- 

 l)eraU' and urctic rej^ions, extending into three continents. 



4;}. (103). ANTHOXANTHUM L. Sp. IM.-^iS (175;}). XnnlliotKtn- 

 IkoH St. Lug. Ann. .Soe. IJot. Lyon, 7: U'J (IHHU). A'anthiinthos 

 I.e. 8:18J) (1S81). 



Spikelets 1 -(lowered, narrow, slightly conipres.xed, pedieellute, 

 orowded into u cylindrieul spikelike puniele; ruchillu urticulute 

 ubove tlie '^ lower glumes, rjlnines 0, 2 outer persistent helow the 

 joint, ueute, keeled, inucroiuite, or very short uwned. seeoiul longer 

 thun the others; third and fourth inueh shorter, empty, nurrow, 

 keeled, with an awn on the buck or near the base, lifth broad, 

 obtuse, hyaline, awnless with three very fine nerves, enveloping 

 the sixth, which is narrower, with a very fine central nerve or 

 keel, enclosing the fiower. Stamens "1. Styles distinct Mith long 

 ])lumose stigmas. CJrain oblong, enclosed in the two up])er 

 glumes, but not adherent. 



Aromatic or sweet-scented annuals or perennials with flat leaf- 

 blades. The terminal panicle spikelike, pedunculate, dense, or 

 rather loose. 



Four or five species found in Europe. Introduced into culti- 

 vation. 



In this genus at least one of the glumes of the lowest pair is the 

 largest of the spikelet; those of the second pair, though small and 

 without flowers, have dorsal awns. 



1. A. ODOHATLM L. 1. c. SwEKT Veunal Gkass. A. ftlpifintll 

 Schur., Enum. 1*1. Transs. 735 (186G). A rather slender erect 

 j)crennial, 30-70 cm. high. Sheaths slightly inflated; ligule 

 oblong, obtuse; blades slightly hairy, the up})er ones about 2.5 cm. 

 long. Spikelike panicle 3-8 cm. long. Spikelets 7-!> mm. long, 

 linear-oblong, first lower glume ovate-acute, 1-nerved, as long as the 

 .second, which is elliptical when spread, third and fourth emargimite, 

 obsiuirely 5-nerved below the apex; the straight awn of the former 

 above the middle projecting half its length, the twisted awn of 



