GRASS FAMILY, 379 
ll. DAC’TYLIS, LZ. Oncnarp Grass. 
[{Greek, Daktylos, a finger ; in reference to the form or size of the Ea 
Pale pris wer the 5 nerves of the lower poy oD Pika Be rey an 
awn-like point. Stamens 3. Grain lance-oblong, acute at each end. 
pena with stout culms, keclod leaves and pale-green clustered 
sprkel. 
1. D. cromera’ra, L. Panicle distinctly branched, rather secund ; 
— 3—4-flowered, in dense unilateral clusters at the ends of the 
ches 
a 
Cuusterep Dactryiis. Orchard Grass. Cock’s-foot Grass. 
Fr. Dactyle pelotonné. Germ. Gemeines Knauel-gras. 
Whole plant scabrous. Root perennial, Culm 2-3 or 4 fect high. Leaves 6-18 inches 
long, lance-linear, keeled, Baccous ; sheathe striate ; ; ligule elongated, Sicieaies Panicle 
glaucous, co ontracted, racemose at summit, rather on ; branches 8 - solitary, erect, 
distant, subdivided tow: or he pce es oiets pie Rose compressed, 
crowded in dense unilateral ovate or lance-oblong clusters at és ends of the branches. 
umes unequal,_the lower one narrower, br: ‘ up e 3-nerved, 
scabrous on the keel. Lower palea hk see ciliate on the keel, which is epost into a 
cusp or short arate tal awn ; hyp palea acuminate, bifid at apex, ciliate on the two green. 
keels —the margins falded i as to ine embracin, pg stamens. pric 
oblong, sub-triquetrous, aeiite at ae end. 
Fields and orchards : ‘cultivated. Native of Europe. Fl. May. Fr. June. 
Obs. This grass has been introdnesl and gaireied, 0 a considerable 
extent. Our farmers, rose ae on its merits. 
condemn it as unworthy o of calture either for } siren or hay; while 
‘ others Ts set a 5 high value on it for both. The = cong ms to be, that it is 
inferior to Timot thy (PuLeom Bons L.) for hay ; yet it has the ad- 
vantage of the tal in being mature at t e Siang time with clover,— 
With which both are. usually cul ented, It is also = exhausting to 
the soil. But its is as a , When sown sufficiently 
fe reat value 
cle wht ust however, it searely is,—and hence is ppt fi ‘ chs bunches 
bt is of quic k growth, gre # Bs pict roduced after 
down; so much so we may amost literally oa ; 
ae fo it it the hes of View! 
“ Et eeraciteunes veer ros epere es °—-Gleong. 2. 201. 
« Cool 's transient hours, 
All shan ha bent aoe each in grey day devours.’’—Sotheby. 
This g grass aléo possesses the additional advantage of thriving well in 
iy antec aaa te © &e. 
_ The seed ig usually sown in autumn, immediately after Wheat or Rye — 
