TRIANDRIA-DIGYNIA. Lolium. 173 



the inner valve of the corolla, being loosely invested on 

 the opposite side with the outer valve. 

 Root fibi-ous, annual or perennial. Stems several, jointed, 

 leafy. Leaves flat. Sjpike two-ranked, of numerous alter- 

 nate spikelets. 



1. h. perenne. Perennial Darnel. Rye-grass. 



Corolla very slightly awned. Spikelets longer than the 

 calyx. Florets lanceolate. 



L. perenne. Linn. Sp. PI. 1 22 JVilld. v. 1 . 461 . Fl. Br. 1 48. Engl. 



Bot. V 5. ^.315. Rel. Rudb. 1.3./. Hook. Lond.fasc. I. t. 18. 



ScotAo. Knapp t. 100. Mart. Rust. t.4. Graves Br. Gr. it. 1 15. 



Sincl. 105. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 397. Host Gram. v. 1.20. t 25. 



Schreb. Gram. v. 2. 79. t. 37. Leers 47- 1. 12. /. 1. FL. Dan. 



t. 747. Ehrh. Calam. 94. 

 L. n. 1416. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 204. 

 L. rubrum. Ger. Em. 78. f. 

 Gramen loliaceum, angustiore folio et spica. Bauh. Theatr. 128./. 



Rail Syn. 395. Scheuchz. Agr. 25. Moris, zj. 3. 182. sect. 8. 



t.2.f.2. 



p. Lolium tenue. Linn. Sp. Fl. 122. mild. v. 1. 462. 

 L. n. 1418. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 205. 



Graminis loliacei angustiore folio et spica, varietas, spicS tereti, 

 angustissima. Scheuchz. Agr. 28. 



y. Lolium perenne |3. Leers as above, f + . 



Gramen loliaceum paniculatum. Dill, in Raii Stjn. 395. 



G. loliaceum, multiplici spicata panicula. Moris, as above. 



S. G. loliaceum, spica lata, e plurimis spicis, duplici versu dense 



dispositis, constante. Scheuchz. Agr. 29. t. \.f. 7, D. Prodr. 16. 



t.2. 

 G. loliaceum, spicis brcvioribus et latioribus, compressis. Mom. 



as above. 



In meadows, pastures, and waste ground, common. 



y and J found occasionally near Norwich. 



Perennial. June. 



Root of a few simple fibres. Stems several, a foot high, more or 

 less, round, smooth, rigid, leafy, with purplish tumid joints, the 

 lowermost of which are bent. Leaves dark green, linear, pointed, 

 flat, smooth, striated. Sheaths compressed, striated, smooth. 

 Stipula short, entire, acutely auricled at each side. Spike nearly 

 upright, various in luxuriance, with a smooth common stalk. 

 Spikelets numerous, alternate, erect ; usually many-flowered. 

 Outer valve of the corolla linear-lanceolate, keeled, acute, gene- 

 rally with a short awn, just below the cloven tip, scarcely dis- 

 cernible, and frequently wanting. Styles very short. Seed 

 linear. 



