142 S5. Alopecurus. 10. GRAMINE^. PL end. ph. 



|S. minor. Small, brown ; spike short. 



Gramen inyosuroides minus, spica breviore, aristis recurvis, Rati Sifii. 

 397, 2. 



b. Spathelles soldered at the base ; keel ciliated ; 

 awn long. 



2. Alopecurus pratensis. Field foxtail. 

 Spathelles acute, villose ; awn longer than the spathelles ; 



spike cyhndrical, obtuse ; peduncles branched, manyflowered ; 

 cw/m upright, smooth; rooj fibrous. 



Gramen alopecuroides q. Gramen alopecuro simili, g'abrum cum pilis 

 longiusculis in spica, Onocordon mihi denominatum, J. Bauhin, Raii Sijn, 

 396,1. 



Gramen alopecuroides majus, Ger. em. 10. 



Gramen phalaroides majiis sive Italicnm, for(e etiam Gramen phala« 

 roides spica molli sive Germanicum, C. Bauhin, Parle. 1164. 



Alopecurus pratensis, Lin. S. P. 72. 



Common foxtail grass. 



Fields and pastures ; perennial; May. 



Culm 2 feet high, thick, very smooth ; leaves broad, 

 long; sheaths smooth; ligula short, blunt; spike 2 or 3 in. 

 long, whitish. 



i3. hiatus. Spike much lobed. 



3. /Alopecurus alpinus. Alpine foxtail. 



Spathelles rather acute, villous ; awn as long as the spa- 

 thelles ; spike ovate ; peduncles branched, raanyflowered ; 

 culm upright, smooth; root creeping. 



Alopecurus alpinus, Eng.Bot. 1126. 

 Alopecurus ovatus, Knapp Gram. 15. 



Scotch Alps; perennial; June and July. 



Culm 1 foot high, upright; radical leaves linear, slender; 

 stem-leaves short, broad, acute; sheaths long, bellied; ligula 

 short; spike blunt, whitish. 



c. Spathelles free ; keel ciliated. 



4. Alopecurus hulhosus. Bulbous foxtail. 

 Spathelles acute, villose; aivn longer than the spathelles; 



spike cylindrical, attenuated; culm upright, bulbose at bot- 

 tom. 



Gramen myosuroides nodosum, Raii Syn. 397, 3. 

 Alopecurus l)iilbosu=, Lin. S. P. 1663. 

 Alopecurus gcnieulalus /3, Iluds. Fl, Angl. 27. 



Salt-water marshes ; perennial ; July. 

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