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DARNELL 
GRAMEN LOLIACEUM. 
4 Bee cup contains feveral flowers, arranged in two feries clofe to the ftalk: itis formed of a 
fingle, oblong, pointed, rigid valve. 
narrow and round, the other fhort and obtufe. 
The flower is compofed of two valves: the lower is 
Linnzeus places this with the reft among the ¢riandria digynia. 
Red Darnell, or Raygrafs. 
Gramen loliaceum anguftiore folio. 
The root is a thick tuft of fibres. 
The leaves are of a deep green, narrow, and 
' fharp pointed. he 
The ftalk is a foot high, tough, and of a dufky 
green, 
The fpike is flat; fmall,; and brown. 
It is common by way-fides,; and is fown in 
paftures for cattle. 
C. Bauhine calls it Gramen loliaceum anguftiore 
folio et {pica. 
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We have four other fpecies of it, diftincuithed 
by the following characters : 
1, White Darnell Grafs, Gramen loliaceum fpica 
longiore, five Lolium album, The ear long 
and whitith. : 
2. Small Sea Datnell Grafs, Gramix paronm ma- 
rinum [pica loliacea. The {pike flender and 
hard, 
3. Dwarf hard Darnell Grafs, Gramen pumi. 
lum loliaceo fimile maritimum. The leaves 
brownith, 
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GRAM ENGL OP ECUR.O TD E 8. 
‘THE cup contains but one flower : it is formed of two valves; which are oblong, very narrow, 
. and terminate in feathery hairs. 
The flower is compofed of two’ valves: the outer one is the 
longer, and has two {mall and ftrait awns from its end, and a third from the middle of its bavk, 
The two firft are ftrait, this crooked : the inner valve is fall, and pointed, 
Common Foxtail Grafs. 
Gramen alopecuroides vulgaris, 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalk is a yard high. 
The leaves are narrow, long, and of a greyifh 
green; and they appear dufty. The fpike is 
thick, and of a pale greyifh colour. 
It is common in meadows, and flowers in May. 
C. Bauhine calls it Gramen phalarcides majuss 
Jive Italicum. Others, Alopecurus. 
Befide this, we have four other fpecies, which 
will be fufficiently diftinguifhed by the following — 
characters : 
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1. Spiked Float Grafs, Gramen aquaticum genis 
culatum fpicatum. The {pike {maller and 
flenderer. 
2. Dwarf Foxtail Grafs, with a filvery purplifh 
fpike, Gramen pumilum hirfutum Spica pur- 
puro argentea mollo. 
3. Great Englifh Marfh Foxtail Grafs, Alopecu« 
ros maxima Anglica. Very large, in wet 
places near the fea. 
4. Rough-eared Foxtail Grafs, Gramen alopecu. 
roides [pica afpera brevi. The {pike very 
rough, 
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MOUSETAIL GRASS. 
GRAMEN .MYOSUROELDE §. 
a aes cup Contains but one ower; and is formed of two valves, of an oval form, hollow, corn- 
prefled, and pointed. 
rifing from its back near the bafe. 
The flower confifts of a fingle, hollow valve, which has a long awn 
Linnzeus ranges this with the reft among the ¢riandria digynia. 
Great Moufetail Grafs. 
Gramen myofuroides majus. 
The root is fibrous. 
The leaves are of a faint green. 
The ftalk is two feet high, flender, frm, and 
of a pale green. 
The {pike is rough, hard, flender, and-ufually 
tinged with red, but fometimes entirely white. 
It is common in paftures, flowering in June. 
©, Bauhine 
