PL end, ph. 10. GR AMINES. 69. Seslcria. 127 



XXVIII. 69. SESLERIA. Scopoli. Moor^grass. 

 Glume 3 or d-flowered ; spathelles alternate, shorter 



than the pedicelled flowrets ; glumelle bristled ; loiuer 

 spathellule irregulai'ly 2-toothed, bristled below the apex ; 

 upper 2-cut, toothed; lodicide ovate, longer than the ovary, 

 subulate; style simple; stigmata very long, feathered. — 

 Rachis spiked ; spika branched, involucrated ; universal in- 

 volucrum many leaved ; leaflets sometimes falling off. 



Sesleria ccerulea. Blue moor-grass. 



Spike ovate, oblong ; leaflets of the involucrum alternate, 

 not notched ; locustce 2 or 3-flowered ; bristle of the spa- 

 thellule shorter than the glumelle ; leaves flat, obtuse. 



Gramen vernum q. Gramen parvuni muntanum spica crassiore purpuro-' 

 caerulea brevi, Rail Syn. 399. 



Cynosurus caeruleus, Lin. S. P. 106. 

 Sesleria caerulea. Scop. Cam. 1, 63. 



Damp chalky soils ; perennial ; April and May. 



Roots fibrous, in tufts; culm 12 in. high, upright, smooth; 

 leaves bent back ; sheaths short, pale, smooth ; ligula 

 scarcely visible; spikes upright, blue and brown, shining. 



XXIX. 70. CHRYSURUS. Persoon. Gold-lail. 

 Spathelles alternate; locustcB dissimilar; neuter locusta 



(involucrum of Linnaeus) manyflowered, flowrets distant; 

 spathelles linear, awlshape; spathellule 1, barren; herma- 

 phrodite LOCUSTA 1-flowered; spathelles linear, awlshape; 

 flaivrets pedicelled; lower spathellule bristled, under the 

 unnicked tip; upper spathellule not nicked; lodiade lan- 

 ceolate ; ovary nicked ; style 2-parted ; stigmata plumose ; 

 cariopsis 2-beaked, free, not furrowed. — Rachis panicled: 

 panicle much branched. 



Chrysurus echinatus. Rough gold-tail. 



Panicle contracted, ovate; barren locusta scariose, longly 

 bi'istled; leaves lanceolate. 



Gramen aloppcuroides spica aspera brevi, Rait Syn. 397,5. 

 Cynosurus echinatus, Lin. S, P. 105. 

 Chrysurus echinatus, Pal. de Beauvois. 

 Rough-eared fox-tail. 



Sandy grounds near the sea; annual; July. 



Root fibrous ; culm erect, branchy at bottom; leaves sharp- 

 pointed, light green, flat; sheaths large, inflated; ligula 

 long; panicle grey, growing silvery, shining. 



^. purpureus. Awn purplish. 



