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4. A. bulbo'sus, Linn. (Fig. 95.) tuberous Foxtail- grass. Stem erect, 

 panicle spiked, cylindrical, tapering, glumes lanceolate acute, 

 slightly hairy, not united at the base, root with tubers. 



English Botany, t. 1249.— English Flora, vol. i. p. 82. — Liudley, 

 Synopsis, p. 299. — Hooker, British Flora, vol. i. p. 33. 



Root fibrous. Stem erect, from six to ten inches high, solitary, 

 emooth, finely striated, leafy, the lower part frequently bent and swollen 

 into a solid tuber or bulb; sometimes there are several, one above ano- 

 ther, between the joints, which are in this part of the stem near each 

 other, and from each of them roots and a single stem are put out. 

 Leaves narrow, striated, shorter above, with long swelling sheaths. 

 Ligula lanceolate, decurrent, striated. Injlorescence subspicate, dense, 

 the pedicels for the most part short, each bearing a fertile and an abor- 

 tive flower. Glumes lanceolate, acute, and purple at the point, quite 

 free to the base, slightly downy all over, but more so on the keel and" 

 ribs, which are purple. Glumella blunt, shorter than the glumes, with 

 an au-n arising from near the base, and about twice as long. Anthers 

 scarcely longer than the glumes. Stijles united. Stigmas feathery, 

 protruding. Sead ovate. 



Habitat. — Salt marshes in England, very rare; Yarmouth, Wey- 

 mouth ; in Cardiff marshes, Wales. 



Perennial ; flowering in July. 



5. A. genicula'tus, (Fig. 96.) Jloating Foxtail-grass. Stem ascend- 

 ing, bent at the joints, panicle spiked, cylindrical, obtuse, glumes 

 obtuse, united at the base, slightly hairy, glumella obtuse, the 

 awn arising from its base varying in length. 



English Botany, t. 1250. — English Flora, vol. i. p. 83. — Lindley, 

 Synopsis, p. 300. — Hooker, British Flora, vol. i. p. 33. — Sinclair, Hort. 

 Gram. Woburn. p. 353. 



^. ful'ws, awn the length of the calyx. Alopecu'rns ful'vus, — 

 English Botany, t. 1467. — English Flora, vol. i. p. 83. — Hooker, Bri- 

 tish Flora, vol. i. p. 34. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 300. 



y. bulbo'sus, roots with bulbs, — English Flora, vol. i. p. 83. — Alo- 

 pecu'rns genicula'tus bulbo'sus, Sinclair, Hort. Gram. Woburn. p. 301. 



Root fibrous. Stem varying in length from six inches to two feet, 

 prostrate in the lower part, and frequently sending out roots and 

 branches from the joints, smooth, striated, leafy, erect from the last 

 joint. Leaves short, finely ribbed, rough on the upper side and edges, 

 smooth beneath. Sheaths smooth, striated, upper ones inflated. Li- 

 gula oblong, clasping the stem. Injlorescence a dense blunt erect spike, 

 from one to two inches long, often purplish. Glumes obtuse, united at 

 the base, terminating in a minute point, hairy, ciliated at the keel. 

 Glumella obtuse, or slightly notched, shorter than the glumes, smooth, 

 or slightly hairy towards the extremity. Awn arising from near the 

 base, generally as long again as the glumella, but not unfrequently 



