TRIANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Lagurus. 167 



equal, the larger with 3 ribs. Outer valve of the corolla, with 

 3 or 5 ribs, cloven, its segments not more acute or awn-like than 

 usual ; inner notched, inflexed at the edges. Jwn from above the 

 middle of the outer valve. Germen obovate. Styles short, di- 

 stinct, erect. Stigmas densely feathery, compound. Partial stalk 

 of the florets bristly. 

 A valuable grass in upland pastures. 



55. LAGURUS. Hare's-tail-grass. 

 Linn. Gen. 37. Juss. 30. Fl. Br. 143. Lam. t.4\. Gcertn. t. 1, 



Cal. single-flowered, of 2 long, slender, membranous, spread- 

 ing valves, fringed, as well as their terminal aw?7, with 

 numerous soft hairs. Coi: of 2 unequal valves, thicker 

 and firmer than the calyx; the outer longest, ovate- 

 oblong, concave, terminating in two equal upright awns, 

 shorter than the calyx, and bearing a much longer one 

 from the middle of its back, twisting in the lower part, 

 tapering and direct in the upper, reflexed when dry ; in- 

 ner valve smaller, involute, cloven, awnless. Nectary 

 deeply cloven, acute. Filam. capillary, shorter than the 

 calyx. Anth. erect, oblong, cloven at each end. Germen 

 elliptic-oblong. Styles very short. Stigmas cylindrical, 

 feathery. Seed oblong, obtuse, with a furrow along the 

 front, loose, but enveloped in the unchanged corolla. 



Root fibrous. Stem leafy, erect. Spike dense, many-flowered. 



1. L. ovatus. Ovate Hare's-tail grass. 



L. ovatus. Linn. Sp. Pl.ilQ. Willd. v. 1. 453. Fl. Br. 143. Engl. 



Bat. v.\9. 1. 1334. Fl. Grcec. v.\.7l.t.90. Dicks. H.Sicc. 

 fasc. 7. 1 . Schrad. Germ. v. 1 . 227. Host Gram. v. 2. 34. t. 46, 



Schreh. Gram. v. 1. 143. t. 19. /.3. 

 Alopecuros genuina. Moris, v. 3 191. sect. 8. 1 4./. 1 . 

 Gramenspicatumtomentosumlongissimisaristisdonatum. Sc/ieMcAz. 



^gr.58. «.2./.4,B, C. 

 G. alopecuros, spica rotundiore. Bauh. Theatr. 56. /. Monti 



Prodr. 59./. 87. 

 G. alopecurum moUe, spica incana. Barrel. Ic. t. 116./. 1, 2, 



In open sandy fields, near the sea, in the south. 



In Guernsey. Mr. Gosselin. 



Annual. June. 



Root of several woolly fibres. Stem, from 4 to 12 inches, or more, 

 in height, erect, with 4 or 5 joints, round, leafy ; naked, striated, 

 and smooth at the top. Leaves lanceolate, acute, many-ribbed, 

 downy on both sides ; wavy at the edges ; abrupt, sometimes 

 ovate, at the base. Sheaths inflated, ribbed, very downy. Sti- 

 pula oblong, embracing the stem, downy. Spike more or less 



