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Phleum.'] cvii. gramine^. 533 



nerve running out into a spreading awn, scarcely half so long as the 

 glume. ' ' • 



2. P. alpinum L. {alpine C) ; panicle oblong or ovate-ob- 

 long, glumes truncate mucronate-aristate ciliated at the back 

 scarcely longer than the awn, neuter floret wantino-. — a. *awn 

 ciliated, upper sheath scarcely inflated and about twice the 

 length of the leaf, uppermost ligule oblong acute. — /3. awn 

 scabrous, upper sheath inflated 3 — 4 times the length of the 

 leaf, uppermost ligule very short obtuse. E. B. t. 5^19': Partu 

 Gr, t. 6. P. commutatum Gaud. 



p. Banks of mountain-streams, rare. Braedalbane mountains; 

 Feula burn, Canlochen Glen, Glashieburn, White Water above Glen 

 Dole, Glen Fiadh, and rocks near Loch Brandy, Ciova; Garway 

 moor, Invernesshire. IJ.. 7.— %7ee purplish, variable in length, 

 sometimes ^nly half an inch, sometimes ll inch long. The atvns 

 in our Scotch plant *' are generally scabrous ; but in some instances 

 the scabrous processes towards the base are so elongated as to become 

 ciliae." Gardn. The genuine form of a has not yet occurred in 

 this country. 



3. P. dsperum Jacq. (ro7jgk C.) ; panicle cylindrical, glumes 

 wedge-shaped tumid upwards mucronate rough, neuter floret 

 subulate, stem often branched. Parn. Gr. t. 79. P. panicu- 

 latum Hitds. : E. B. t. 1077. 



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Rare in dry open fields, in the western and midland parts of Eng- 

 land. 0, 7. — Cntms very leafy ; the long spikes are partly con- 

 cealed among them. 



4. P. Boehmeri Schrad. {purple-stalked C.) ; panicle cylin- 

 drical, glumes linear-lanceolate suddenly acuminate-aristate 

 liispidly ciliate on the keel above the middle, neuter floret 

 subulate. Parn. Gr. t. 80. Phalaris phleoides L. : E. B. 

 t. 459. 



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T>ry sandy and chalky fields, rare ; principally in Norfolk and 

 Cambridgeshire. 2^ . 7. — Culms simple, erect, sparingly leafy, slender, 

 shining purple. 



5. P. ""MicUlii All, (Michelian C.) ; panicle nearly cylin- 

 drical, glumes lanceolate acuminate strongly ciliated at the 

 back the whole length. E. B, t. 2265. : Parn. Gr. t. 7. 



Rocky parts of the high mountains of Clova, Scotland : G.Don. 



V-* 7, 8 Distinguishable at once from the preceding species by 



Its gradually tapering glumes. No one has succeeded in verifying 

 Don's discovery ; the specimens given by him were cultivated ones, ^ 



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6. P. arendrium L. {Sea C) ; panicle obovate-cylindrical, 

 glumes lanceolate acute ciliated at the back above the middle. 

 Parn. Gr. t. 7. Phalaris E. B. t. 222. 



Oil loose sand, especially near the sea. ©. 5, 6, — Cuhns 5—6 



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