PLend.ph. 10. GRAMINEiE. 85. Alopecmns. 14-3 



Roois in tufts; cz/Zm 9 in. high, smooth; radical leaver 

 smooth, short; stem-leaves smooth, linear, spreading; I'lgida 

 short ; spike 2 in. long, dark sea-green ; unthers deep 

 greenish blue. 



5. Alopecurus geniculatus. Kneed foxtail. 



Spathelles blunt, villose; aum longer than the spathelles; 



anthers linear; spike cylindrical, blunt; pedimcles scarcely 



branched, 1 or 2-flowered ; cvlm ascending, knee-jointed. 



Gramen alopecuroides q. Cramen aquaticum geniculatum spicatum, 

 Rail Syn. 396, 2, 



Gramen fluviatilc spicatum, Ger.em. 14. 

 Gr;iinen aquaticum spicalum, Park. 1275. 

 Alopecurus geniculatus, Lin. S. P. 89. 



"Watery places ; perennial ; May and June. 



Root fibrous ; culm floating, very long, leafy, lower joint 

 rooting; leaves rather smooth; llgula short; 5p?Ae .short, 

 purplish ; anthers linear oblong, purple, becoming dull 

 yellow. 



(3. lulbosus. Culm rather upright, bulbous at bottom ; 

 spike dark green. 



6. Alopecurus fulvus. Flamecolour foxtail. 



Spathelles blunt, villous ; awn as long as the spathelle ; 



anthers nearly round ; spike cylindrical ; peduncles branched, 



manyflowered; culm ascending, knee-jointed. 



Gramen alopecuroides q. Gramen iluviatile album Tabernasmontani, 

 Bilhn in Rati Syn. 396, 2 *. 



Alopecurus geniculatus 4, With. Bot. Arr, 120, 

 Alopecurus fulvus, Engl. But. 1467. 

 Duck-grass. Spike Jlote-grass. 



Watery places ; perennial ; August and September. 



Root: fibrous; leaves broader than those of alopecurus 

 geniculatus; sheaths inflated; 5pfAe 2 in. long, pale green : 

 anthers fine orange, becoming quite white ; awn very slen- 

 der, soft. 



XLV. 86. PSAMMA. Beauvois. Marram. 



Spathelles alternate, acute, lower smallest; spathellides 

 hairy below the tip, mucronate, nearly as long as the spa- 

 thelles, acute ; lodicule lanceolate, awlshape, acute, bald ; 

 ovary topshaped, rather 3-sided ; style 3-parted ; stigmata 3, 

 featherlike; cariopsis top-shape, rather 3 -sided, free; cor- 

 culum terminal ? — Spike branched, erect, cylindrical ; pe- 

 duncles branched, very short ; locustee many, crowded. 



