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alt with its Jower palea convex with a short awn near the 
apex ; /owest floret staminate only, bearing a long bent awn on the back 
below te middle ; otherwise nearly as in "Aven 
1. A. avena’ceum, Beauv. Leavi ; panicle linear-oblong, con- 
epee finally spreading ; glumes yal the lower one shorter than 
Oat-Like ARRHENATHERUM. Oat-grass. Grass of the Andes. 
Fr. Avoine elevée. Germ. Wiesen Hafer. 
creeping, nodose. Qulm about 3 feet a, glabrous. Leaves 4 a od = 
io rng Fane ar ceabrot us On the margin and upper surface ; sheaths s 
smooth ; ‘feb short, retuse. ‘anicle linear-oblong, gh x spreading’ and sat 
nodding th © branches enh soar —_ iMate. 
Nativ e of Europe. Fl. May. Fr. July. 
is grass has been partially introduced, and cultivated, by a few 
envious farmers ; it does not appear to be much of a favorite, —_ 
for or or hay; in covet ea “It is sometin 
Furnt i n hist treatise oe Graces , speaks favorably of this grass, re- 
marking that “it is esteemed by those who know it for its early, rapid 
and late growth, making it well calculated for a late pasture grass.” 
24. HOL’CUS, L. Vetver-crass. 
Bo ancient Greek name, of obscure derivation.] 
open panicle, 2 —3-flo ered ; florets jointed with 
fer whol adie: pair remote, enclose th sn exceeded deg the membra- 
glumes et perfect, but its thin lower 
ag awnless ; upper flower staminate Sly, with a bent awn below the 
Sanne 3. Styles plumose to the base. Grain free, smooth 
1. H. lana’ me a Softly h bescent ; panicle rather 
contracted ; of the pe Ayes flaret recurved, included it e glume. 
 "Woonry Bite Velvet-grass. Feather-grass. White Peat: 
Fr. Houqne laineuse. Foin de mouton. Germ. Wolliges Honig-gras. 
Root perennial. Qulm simple, 18 inches to 2 feet high. Leaves lance-linear, acute, 2~5 
- 6 ——— long ; _ white, truncate, dentate. Panicle oblong, someveiiat dense,—the 
es hai Glumes roughish-pubescent, whitish, often tinged with purple. 
oie poe bet smooth and shining. Palew of the perfect floret nearly equal in. —_ 
the lower one broader, keeled —of the staminate staminate floret  eanomes se ame lower one larger, keel 
ed, with a recury: ges 5 hocked awn on the ack ear the 
Moist meadows : oduced. Native of Europe. Fl. hoa Fr. July. 
| Obs. This grass is naturalized in many places in ee ae 
