FKS'I'ICK.E. r>7.J 



Wuhl. Fl. Ups. :)»; (IS-^o). Puciuellia ilhtuns I'iiil. Fl. Ital. 1: Uur 

 (I8.j(»). (I. (limiilrs A. (iray, Proc, Afiul. Sc. IMiilu. 3;u; (^Stj.'Jj, 

 and many oiIkt synoiiyiMS. 



IViviiiiial; oulins gciiiculato ut the base, asceiulin<^, 30-00 ciii. 

 hi^'li, witlioiit (M'(n'])iii^' rootstocks. Louvos 2-',\ in number; ligiilc 

 \-l mm. long; bladi-s scabrid al)OV(', mostly Hat or becoming invo- 

 lute, 5-10 cm. long. Panicle erect, oval or pyramidal, lO-'^O i in. 

 long, rays in lialf-wborl.^ of 3-5, spreading or even dellexed from 

 a curved thickened callus base, the longest G 8 cm. Ion;,, ilower- 

 Itearing from a little below the middle. Spikclcts oblong or linear, 

 3-G-llo\vered, joint of rachilla slender, 0.7 mm. long; em])ty glumes 

 membranous, rounded on the buck, first 1-nerved, about 1 mm. 

 long, second 3-nerved, about 'I mm. long; lloral glume 2.5-3 mm. 

 long, slightly jjubescent below, tinged with purple, oval, obtuse or 

 subacute; i)alea nearly or fully as long as its glume. 



Benthain in *• Hritish Flora." M'hcn comi)aring it with (i. inari- 

 tima, says: *• The leaves are tlatter, the stem taller and more slender, 

 the panicle niucli more spreading, with long slender branches, and 

 tlie spikelets smaller, the glumes not above a line long." Dr. 'J'hur- 

 ber includes hero 0. iHurifitiiaWnh]., if. (tinjusfata Griseb., ({. fcs- 

 tii(.'(p/(>r/ti is Welch., G. ainndes Tliurb., (f. monfaiKi liuokl. 



Intr()du(!ed along the coast. 



Var. CONTEKT.V (Fries), (ilifcvria ronferla Fries, Mant. 2:lo 

 (1842). 



Stoloniferous, branches of the panicle scal)rid, rachis not fur- 

 rowed, spikelets crowded, smaller, llorcts 4-1. apex of lloral glume 

 3-toothcd. Intermediate between A. niuritiiiut and .1. (Uslttux. 



Fouiul in western Europe. Introduceil with ballast. 



The above notes are adapted from 1 looker's Students' Flora of 

 Jiritish Islands. 



3. A. Lemmoni (Vasey). (t. Lcmmoin N'asey, Grass. U. S. 43 

 (1885), name oidy. 



A slender erect tufted i)erennial, smooth or nearly smooth 

 throughout, 20-40 cm. high. Siu'aths longer than the internodcs: 

 ligule rather firm, 2-3 mm. long; blades involute, filiform, those 

 of the sterile shoots numerous, erect, 5-10 cm. long, those of the 



