Phdlaris.'] cvii. gramine^. 531 



mouth. In Cardiff marshes, Wales. %.. 5 — 7. — The Inflorescence, 

 though very dense, is not a true spike. The pedicels mostly bear 

 single flowers, but often another very small abortive one. Glumes 

 entirely distinct to the base. 



5. A. geniculdtus L. {floating F.); culm ascending bent at 

 the joints smooth, panicle cylindrical obtuse, glumes united at 

 the base obtuse slightly hairy and fringed, awn twice as lono* as 

 the gluraella and inserted near its base. E. B. t. 1250 • Parn 

 Gt. t. 5. • 



In pools, and wet and marshy places, sometimes on dry ground. 



%. 5 — 8, 



6. A. fulvus Sm. (Orange-spiked F.) ; culms ascending bent 

 at the joints smooth, panicle cylindrical obtuse, glumes united 

 at the base obtuse slightly hairy and fringed, awn the len<ith of 

 the glumella and inserted near its middle. jE'. ^. t. 1467 : 

 Parn. Gr. t. 5. A. geniculatus Host Gram. Austr. v. ii. t. 32. 



Ponds and ditches. Near Birmingham ; Nortvich ; Essex • Wrex- 

 ham. Angus and Fifeshire. 2/.. 7.— Closely alHed to 1^. geni- 

 culatus, but the awn is inserted higher up, and is much shorter, 

 and the spike is more slender and paler. Anthers orange-coloured. 



4 



5. Phaiaris Linn. Canary-grass. (Tab. VI. f. 4.) 



Panicle spiked or spreading. Spiltelets laterally compressed. 

 Glumes 2, nearly equal, erect, navicular, membranaceous, 

 longer tha,n the floret. Glumellas 2, awnless, glabrous or 

 equally hairy, at leno-th bnrdpTipd nnrl I'mroa+Inrr fT,a ^^-,.„^^„.-„ 

 N^euter florets 1 

 JJamed from <pa\oQ^ shining; canary-seed being very glossy. 



* Glumes winged on the keel. Panicle spiked. 



1. *P. Canariensis L. {cultivated C.) ; panicle spiked ovate, 

 glumes boat-shaped entire at the point, neuter florets 2 scale- 

 like half the length of the perfect ones. .EJ. J5. t. 1 310 : Parn. 

 Gr. t. 9. 



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Naturalized in many parts of England and Scotland. 0. 7. _ 



Culm 1—2 ft. high, glaucous. Leaves broad. Spikes handsome, 



composed of large, pale, yellow-green ^/wmes, marked with deeper lines 



and singularly keeled at the back. Canary-seed, as we see it, is 



not only the seed of this plant, but the seed invested closely (as all 



grass-seeds are) with the pericarp, and that again with the hardened 



perianth or glumellas, thus occasioning its glossy appearance and 

 pouitedform. ° i= ^ ^^ 



** Glumes not winged at the keel, panicle with spreading branches. 



Digraphis. 



2. P. arundindcea L. {Reed C.) ; panicle erect its branches 



A A 2 



