372 ' WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
glumes, awned on the back below the middle, upper palea wanting. 
Styles commonly united ; supe long and plumose. Flowers in a dense, 
soit, cylindrical terminal spzke. 
1. A. praten’sis, L. Culm erect, smooth ; palea equalling the acute 
glumes ; awn exserted more than half its length, twisted. 
Mespow A.opecurus. Common or Meadow Foxtail. 
Perennial. Culm about 2 feet high, smooth. eaves smooth, flat, the upper one much 
shorter than its inflated sheath. The spike-like panicle 1- 2 i inches hos, yellowish pec 
Glumes and palea hairy and ciliate. 
Meadows ; New England and New York. Native of Europe. May. 
¢. This i is considered a valuable pasture ee in Enghand, produc- 
r. Fiint, (: nd 
ing a “Taxuriant aftermath. Accordi “ Grasses an 
lants,” a work containing tio useful statistics), it is not 
valued by the Massachusetts farmers ld ; on —s of be- 
ing so light in proportion to its bulk. Two other Des ound in 
the country, but they are of no value in agricultur F carat 
5. PHLE’UM, L. Cars-rati Grass. 
[An ancient Greek name ; meaning obscure. 
Palee ranaceous, shorter than the m wned glum 
the ae si paler truncate, us nsualy awnless. Styles distinct. Other chan: 
ers m in Alopecurus. Culms somewhat wiry; spzkes dense 
1. P. praten’sz, L. Spike cylindric, elongated ; glumes — mu- 
pei etayebe —the awns shorte: iege the glumes ; keel cilia 
Meap Cats-tail Grass. Herds Grass of New toes 
and N le ra Timothy of Peigiylvania, &e. 
Fr. Fiéole des Prés. Germ. Das Wiesen-lieschgras. 
— pb sage fibrous. Culm 2~4 feet ge ——— terete, eee, —when ms ans 
ee Callivated: slg onde Fl. June. Fr. Jul 
reign Grass is extensive a pecmeatiey ~ the Butea ii 
In NeacYork, and throughout New-England, it is known by the na 
beli 
membr 
equal, comprented, ow. mu cronate, ‘pubescent. Palee “concealed in the glumes, the 
lower on: nthers p' Es eg 
