INTRODUCTION- 



XXXIX 



XXVII 



ALOPECURUS 



arrest IS. 



Slender Fox-tail grass. (Annual) 



Perfect seed 



( 



Her 



we 



have 



a 



which Is 



d with the husi 



IS 



which is furnished wi 



of the corolla, the larger valve of 



awn 



n referring to No. VII. we find this to be the 



generic 



1 



acter of the fox-tail grass, (Alopecurus), and that it differs from tl 



seed of that sp 



(Ali 



pecurus pratensis, or perennial meadow fox-tail), in being smoother, and naked, or wantino- th 



downy hairs which clothe the surface of the form 



this 



even sufficiently by the touch 



may 



e perceived by the naked eye 



n 



passmg some 



seeds between the finsrers, that of th 



dow, or perennial fox-tail, will be found quite soft ; ])ut that of the slend 

 (shewn above), hard and unpleasant. 



i 



or 



nual 



species 



i 



HOLCUS mollis. 



Creeping-rooted, or soft Couch-o'm^^. 



Fertile seed 



> 



The plant that produces this seed 



\ 



that infest light dry soil 

 lanatus), causes 



one of the most troublesome weeds, or couch-gr 



The near resemblance which it bears to the woolly soft-grass, (Holms 



it often to b 



at the first view 



nfounded with that g 



• 



The seeds are readily distinguished 



nvelope the seed with the husk 



those of the lanatus, (see No. X.), are covered with woolly hairs, and loosely 



But the seed of the Molli 



4 



smooth 



and shining 



^ 



as seen 



above 



perfectly 



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