Pl.cnd.ph. 10. GRAMINEiE. 84. Phalarls. 141 



b. Panicle loose ; keel of the spathelle sharp. 



2. Phalaris anmdinacea. Reedy phalaris. 



Pa?iicle upright, oblong, belJied, contracted ; locustfB 

 facing one way; spathelles acute; leaves flat; culm uprigiit; 

 root creeping. 



Gramen arundinaceum, acerosa glum;!, Jersejanum, Rail Syn. 400, 2- 



Phalaris aruodinacea, Lin. S. F. 80. 



Arundo colorata, Solander in Alton Ilort. Keio, 1, 116. 



Calamagrostis colorata, Sibthorp Ft. Ox. 37. 



Typhoidcs arundinacea, Moench. Meth. 99. 



Baldigera arundinacea, Flor. Wetter. 99. 



Calamagrostis variegata, With. Bot. Arr. 2, 124. 



Bogs and river-sides ; perennial ; July. 



Roots in tufts; culm upright, 3 feet high, knots smooth; 

 leaves very broad, flat; sheaths round, long; ligula short, 

 obtuse ; panicle large, glomerate ; peduncles in pairs or 

 threes; involucrum small, white; /oc2^5/« compressed, whitisU 

 or purplish ; ribs 3, green. 



/3. glauca. Leaves glaucous. 



y. picta. Leaves elegantly streaked with white. 



Ladies'' laces. Gardeners' garters. Ribband grass. 



XLIV. 85. ALOPECURUS. Theophrastus. Foxtail 

 Spathelles alternate, lower larger, distinct or grown to- 

 gether at the bottom; spathcllule one, pitchershape, split 

 on one side, awned be^ow the middle ; lodicule linear, not 

 nicked, bald ; style 2-parted, nearly simple at bottom ; stig- 

 mata very long, nearly aspergiiliform. — Spike compound, 

 stiff, cylindrical, not involucrated ; peduncles very short. 



a. Spathelles soldered together above the middle ; keel 

 dilated, bald above ; awn long. 



1. Alopecurus agresiis. Wild foxtail. 



Spathelles acute, rough, almost bald ; spike cylindrical, 

 attenuated, acute; peduncles not branched, 1-flowered; culm 

 erect, rather rough. 



Gramen myosuroides majus, spica longiore, aristls rectis, Raii Syn. 397, 1. 



Gramen alopecuroides minus, Ger, em. 10, 



Gramen alopecuroides spica longa majus et minus. Park. 1169. 



Alopecurus agrestis, Lin. S, P. 89. 



Alopecurus myosuroides, Huds, ed, 1,23. 



Great mouse-tail grass. 



Fields and ways; annual; July. 



Roots fibrous; culm 18 in. high, leafy; leaves rough above; 

 figida lanceolate ; spike 3 in. long, sleiider, purplish. 



