FLend.ph. 10. GRAMINE^. 90. Apera. 149 



^\g;rostis palustiis, Willi. Bot. Arr. 168, 



Swampy places ; perennial; June and July. 



Culm rather smooth, branched; leaves broad; sheaths 

 rough; /z'^?i/a rough, long; panicles 6 in. long; spathelles 

 equal; keel serrate, of the inner only halfway down; spa- 

 iliellules one fourth shorter than the spathelles, the inner 

 shorter and narrow. '.\ 



L. 91. AGRAULUS. Beauvois. Field-grass.' 



Spathelles alternate, longer than the spathellule, nearly 

 equal; spathellule 1, nicked at the tip, awned below the 

 middle ; awn twisted, plaited ; lodicnle ovate, lanceolate, 

 bald, not nicked ; stigmata villous ; cariopsis free, furrowed. 

 — Panicle more or less spreading; radical leaves bristlelike; 

 Hem-leaves flat, broad. 



1. Agraidus caninus. Dogsjield-grass, 

 Tips of the outer spathelle serrate, of the inner smooth ; 



glumelles naked; locustcB ovate, acute, coloured; panicles 

 spreading ; peduncles 3-forked, raanyflowered ; leaves in 

 bundles, smooth ; culms ascending. 



Agrostis canina, iin. S. P. 92. 

 A^rostis vinealis, Schreher Spic. 57, 977. 

 Ischodium caniniim, Schrader Germ. 198. 



Damp fields and pastures ; perennial ; July. 



Culm prostrate, often branched, leaf}', smooth ; leaves flat, 

 smooth; uppermost broader, rough; sheaths short; upper 

 very long, roughish ; ligulce long, obtuse, fringed ; panicle 

 upright, hispid ; locustce small, violet. 



2. Agraulus pallidus. Pale-green Jield-grass. 

 Keel of the outer spathelle serrate, of the inner at the 



tip only; glumelles naked; locustce lanceolate, pale; panicle 

 rather spreading ; peduncles branchy, fewflowered ; leaves 

 rough. 



Agrostis pallida, With. 169. 



Forests ; perennial ; May and June. 



Culm 18 in. high, smooth; ligulcs long, acute; pa?iicle 

 3 in. long; peduncles capillary; IocusIcb pale green. 



3. ylgraidus setaceus. Bristle field-grass, 

 Spathelles serrate at the tip ; spathellules hairy at bottom ; 



locustce lanceolate ; panicle contracted ; peduncles upright, 

 manyflowered ; culm ascending. , 



