Th BRITISH HERBAL. 
49%. 
Gx EE NU U Z's 
VIL, 
MATWEED. 
GRAMEN SPARTEUM™M. 
@ tse cup contains but one flower ; and it is compofed of two valves; one larger than the other; 
and both pointed, but without awns. 
Sea-Matweed, 
Gramen fparteum fpica fecalina, « 
The root is a tuft of white fibres, 
The leaves are narrow, long, of a bluith green, 
and fharp-pointed. 
The ftalk is round, jointed, and of a pale 
green. | 
The ear is large, and whitith. 
It is common by our fea-fhores, and flowers 
_in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Gramen Jparteum fpicatum 
Solis mucronatis longioribus. 
The. flower is compofed of two nearly equal valves, of 
an oblong form, and downy at the ends. The ear is broad, and {preading, 
Linneus places this among the ériandria digynia. 
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There are three other of the mateweed graffes 
natives of our kingdom, diftinguifhed by the 
following charaéters, 
1. Small Matweed, Gramen fparteum Juncifolinm. 
The leaves rufhy, and the {pike thin and 
bending. 
2. Feathered Matweed, Gramen fpartewin penna- 
tum. The ear downy, and refembling a 
feather, 
3. Double-fpiked Matweed, Sparteum Effexianums 
Spica genima claufa, The ear double. 
GU he NY UMS & Vi 
PANIC 
GROAGS:S; 
GRAMEN PANICEUM. 
HE cup contains one flower; and is formed of numerous, very narrow, pointed leaves, varioufly 
inferted : within this ftands a hufk, formed of three valves, one fmaller than the other. The 
flower is placed within this ; and is compofed of two valves, one larger than the other. 
Linneus places this among the ¢riandria. 
1. Panic Grafs, with a divided. Spike, 
Gramen panicum fpica divifa, 
The root is a tuft of white fibres. 
The ftalk is jointed, yellowifh, and flender. 
The leaves are long, and of a pale green. 
The ear is divided into feveral fpreading 
parts. 
The flowers are whitifh. 
Tt is common in the meadows in Buckingham- 
fhire, flowering in April. 
C. Bauhine calls ic Gramen paniceum fpica di- 
vifa. 
GE 
N ig Hs 
There are three other panic graffes wild with 
us, diftinguifhed by thefe characters : 
1. Panic Grafs, with a fingle, fmooth ear, Gra- 
men paniceum fpica fimplici levi. The ear 
yellowith. 
2. Rough-eared Panic Grafs, Gramen paniceum 
Spica afpera. The fpikes are loofe, and very 
rough. 
3. Pyramidal-fpiked Panic Grafs, Gramen pa- 
niceum fcrotinum arvenfe {pica pyramidata, In 
corn-fields. af 
4. Variegated, fpiked Panic Grafs, Gramen pa- 
niceum femine albo phalaris diétum. Common 
Canary grafs, 
IX. 
SPIKED: OATGRASS, 
GRAMEN AVENACEUM SPICATUM. 
ld ee cup contains only one flower : it is formed of two valves, and is of a pointed fhape. The 
flower is compofed of two valves; one terminated by an awn, and larget than the other, 
Linnzeus places this among the ¢rigynia. 
We have only one fpecies of it, refembling the common oat in growth. , 
1. Spiked Hedge-Oatgrafs, Gramen avenaceum dumetorum fpicatum. The fpike formed of loofe 
parts. 
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6L GLE N-US 
