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CVII. GRAMINEiE. 



l^Alopecurus, 



near Brockenhurst Bridge, Hants. If.. 8 — 10. — For this ad- 

 dition to the British Flora, we are indebted to Mr. Borrer: the 

 same species is found on the Continent, but is most abundant in 

 North America. 



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4. Alopecurus Linn. 



Fox-tail-grass. (Tab. VL f, 3.) 



E.B. 



Panicle spiked. Spikelets compressed laterally. Glumes 2, 

 nearly equal, usually connate at the base, membranaceous, 

 about as long as the floret. Glumella solitary, with a dorsal 

 awn above the base. Neuter florets 0. — Named from a\o>7r?]?, 

 a fox^ and ovpa^ a tail. 



1. A. pratensish. (Meadow F,) ; culm erect smooth, panicle 

 spiked cylindrical obtuse, glumes lanceolate acute hairy connate 

 at the base, awn twice the length of the glumella. ^ "^ 

 t. 759 : Parn. Gr. t. 4. 



Meadows and pastures, common. 2/.. 5^ 6, — An excellent grass 

 for cattle. Culm 1^ to 2 ft. high. Panicle of a yellow-green colour, 

 with silvery hairs. Glumes and glumella much ciliated in this as 

 in all the species, remarkably compressed. 



2. A. alpinus Sm. (Alpine F.) ; culm ascending smooth, pa- 

 nicle spiked ovate obtuse, glumes ovate abruptly acute hairy 

 united at the base, awns scarcely longer than the glumella, 



upper sheath inflated thrice as long as its lanceolate leaf, 

 E. B. t. 1126 : Parn. Gr. t. 4. 



liOchnagar, Aberdeenshire. Sides of streams among the Clova 

 and Canlochen mountains, frequent, particularly near Loch Wharral, 

 banks of the Glashieburn, Glen Prosen, and the marshy ground be- 

 tween Clova and Loch Lee. 



n. 7,8. 



This plant, which, even 



at first sight, is distinguishable by its ovate panicle and shortbread 

 upper leaf with its inflated sheath, seems quite unknown to Continental 

 collectors, and is rare in this country, though plentiful in North 

 America and Spltzbergen. 



3. A. agrestis L. (slender F.) ; culm erect scabrous above, 

 panicle cylindrical acuminate, glumes acute almost glabrous 

 united as far as the middle, awn more than twice the length of 

 the glumella. E. B. t. 848 : Parn. Gr. t. 3. 



Fields and way-sides, in England, scarcely indigenous in Scot- 

 land. 0. 5 — IL — Readily known by its attenuate panicles or 

 spikes, frequently of a purplish colour, and by the lanceolate acute 

 glumes, which are glabrous, or a little rough at the keel, 

 quite smooth. 



4. A. lulhosus L. (tuberous F.) ; culm erect smooth, panicle 

 cylindrical acuminate, glumes acute slightly hairy free, awn 

 twice the length of the glumella. E. B. t. 1249 : Parn. Gr. 

 t. 76. 



Salt-marshes in England, rare; near Yarmouth and Wey- 



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Glumella 



