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CVII. GRAMINE^. 



\^Lagurus. 



inches high, many from the same root. Glumellas half as lono- as the 

 glumes, membranaceous, truncate. " 



I 



8. Lagurus Linn. Hare's tail -grass. (Tab. VL f. 7.) 



Panicle spiked. Spikelets laterally compressed. 



lengthened into a long subulate point, fringed to the end 

 longer than the floret. Glumellas 2, membranaceous ; outer 

 one bifid, ending in 2 long bristles, with a dorsal twisted jointed 

 awn. — Named from Xaywog^ a hare^ and ovpa^ a tail. 



1. L. ovdtus L. {ovate H.) ; E. B. t. 1334: Parn. Gr, t. 88. 



Very rare. Sandy grounds In the north and west of Guernsey. 0. 

 6.— The only species of the genus, remarkable for its soft and pale 

 heads ofjiowers, from among which the long awns are protruded. 



9. MiWm Linn. Millet-grass. (Tab. VL f. 8.) 



Panicle spreading. Spikelets somewhat dorsally compressed 

 awnless. Glumes 2, nearly equal, flattish, herbaceous, rather 

 acute, scarcely longer than the floret. Glumellas 2, nearly 

 equal, glabrous, at length hardened and enclosing the caryopsis. 

 Neuter florets 0. — Named either from mille^ a thousand, on 

 account of its fertility; or, according to Theis, from the Celtic 

 mil, a stone, from the hardness of its fruit. 



1. M. effusum L. (spreading M,) ; panicle glabrous its 

 branches subvertlcillate, leaves lanceolate, hVule obtuse. E. B 

 t. 1106: Parn. Gr.t.l7. 



]VIoist shady woods. %. 5 — 6, 



Culms 3—4 ft. high. — We 



have above, for the sake of simplicity, given this genus a character 

 very different from what it ought really to have, and which would 

 remove it to near Panicum: it has only one glume, the lower being 

 entirely absent, while what we have called the second glume Is a 

 neuter floret composed of one glumella as large as, and precisely similar 

 to, the glume. 



10. Gastribium Beauv. Nit-grass. (Tab. VI. f. 9.) 



Panicle contracted, spiked. Spikelets scarcely compres^sed. 

 Glumes 2, acute, awnless, ventricose and rounded at the base, 

 keeled upwards, membranaceous, much longer than the floret. 

 Glumellas 2, membranaceous ; outer one truncate or toothed at 

 the end with (or without) a long straight awn below the point. 

 ^euter florets 0. — Named from yaarpiciov, a ventricle, or little 

 swelling, as is seen at the base of the spikelet. 



1. (^. lendigerum^QWiY. (awned N.):, glumes lanceolate acu- 

 mmate shorter than the awn of the glumella. Parn. Gr. t. 86. 

 Milium £. B. 1. 1107. 



Places where water has stagnated near the sea, rare. Gillingham 



