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C. Bauhine calls it Gramen typhoides fpica an- Gramen myofuroides minus [pica breviore ariftis 
Bufptiore. 
We have two others : 
1, Leffer Moufetail Grafs, with crooked awnss 
Gr. EB 
N*® U..8 
recurvis. 
2. Knobby-rooted Moufetail Grafs, Gramen my- 
ofuroides nodofum. he {pike brownith and 
fhort. 
XIII. 
CA TSa A 1.2 GeReArsis: 
GRAMEN TYPHINUM. 
A Dele {pike is rough. The cup contains one flower: it is formed of two valves, and is oblong 
and comprefied. The valves are equal, and ‘they terminate in fhort awns. 
The flower is 
formed of two valves, and is fhorter than the cup: the outer valve is the latger, and it clofes about 
the inner, which is fmaller. 
‘ Linnaeus places this with the ériendria. 
The Greateft Carftail Grafs. 
Gramen typhinum maximum, 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalk is jointed, hollow, and a foot and 
half high, 
The leaves are of a greyifh green. 
The fpike is long, flender, greyifh, and very 
rough to the touch. 
It is common in paftures, and flowers in June 
C. Bauhine calls it Granen typhoides afperum | 
primum, Others, Gramen typhinum. 
G EE 
Noo Ulees 
‘We have three others 
1. Leffer Catftail Grafs, Gramen typhinwn minus. 
A low plant, with a very flender, rough 
fpike, 
2. Knobby-rooted Catftail Grafs, “Gramen nodo- 
fum {pica parva, Thé {pike fhort, grey, and 
very rough, 
3. Sea Catftail Grafs, Gramen typhinum mariti- 
mum minus. The {pike fmaller at the bafe 
than upwards, 
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CR ES TE D'< -GeR-A'3'S: 
GRAMEN CRISTATUM, 
HE {pike is compofed of two or more feries of flowers, which turn one way. There is a partial 
cup, formed of one pointed leaf, and ftanding fideways. The proper cup contains feveral 
flowers; and is ftrait, narrow, and formed of two equal valves. The flower is compofed of two 
valves: the outer one hollow, with an awn; the inner plain and naked. 
Smooth Crefted Grafs, 
Gramen criftatum vulgare, 
The root is fibrous. 
The leaves are of a fine green. 
The ftalk is a foot and half high, flender, and 
of a pale green. 
The fpike is crefted, long, flender, and yel- 
lowith. 
It flowers in May in meadows, 
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We have three others: 
1, Square Crefted Grafs, Gramen criftatum qua- 
dratum. This has four rows of flowers, 
2. Small Mountain fpiked Grafs, with a thick, 
fhort, blue fpike, Gramen parvum montanum 
Spica craffiore purpuro cerulea brevi. 
3. Vernal Grafs, with a loofe, yellowith fpike, 
Gramen vernuin fpica brevi laxa. Common 
in paftures, 
XV. 
GRASS. 
GRAMEN DACTYLUM. 
HE {pikes are numerous, and fpread in the manner of fingers. There is acommon fcabbard, 
containing many flowers; and this is formed of feveral very narrow leaves, of unequal in- 
fertion. 
fmaller than the others. 
The cup contains only one flower ; and is compofed of three oval and pointed valves, one 
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