TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. Alopecurus. 17 



turn. E. B.* 1077' P' paniculata. Sibth. Oxon. 

 34. 



In dry, open fields, * *. Wall of Rose Lane. Sb. 

 An. June. 



Root fibrous. Panicle rough to the touch. Whole plant bright 

 green. 



ALOPECU'RUS. Fox-tail-grass. 



h.pratensis. Meadow F. Stem erect, smooth. Spike 



somewhat panicled. Calyx-glumes acute, hairy, united 



at the base, shorter than the awn, twice the length of 



the corolla. E. B. 7'59. C. 5. 5. Gramen alopecu- 



roides majus. G. E. 10. 



Meadows, pastures. 



Per. May. 



Spike two inches long, thick, soft, of a silky, hoary aspect. Best 

 grass to sow in low meadow grounds, or in boggy places which 

 have been drained. Liable to the depredations of the larvse of 

 a species of musca ; they devour the seed. These larvae the 

 prey of cimex campestris. These circumstances an impediment 

 to the general cultivation of this gi-ass. Mr. Swayne in With. 

 An excellent gi'ass for pasturage, being early, plentiful in pro- 

 duce, and grateful to cattle in general. 



A. agrestis. Slender F. Stem erect, roughish. Spike 

 racemose, nearly simple, tapering. Calyx-glumes 

 almost naked, united at the base, dilated at the keel. 

 E. B. 848. A. myosuroides. C. 2. 7- Gramen 

 alopecurinum minus. G. E. 11. 



Cornfields, way -sides. 



An. June. 



Spike slender, tapering at each end, often purplish. A trouble- 

 some weed among wheat, called by farmers " Black Bent." 

 Swayne in Willi. 



A. geniculatus. Floating F. Stem ascending, bent in 

 an angle at the joints. Spike cylindrical, slightly 

 panicled. Calyx-glumes united at the base, abrupt, 

 fringed. Corolla notched, its awn twice the length of 

 the calyx. E. B. 1250. C. 5. 6. Gramen Jluvia- 

 tile spicatum. G. E. 14. 



Ponds, ditches, slow streams, floating widely on the surface. 

 Per. June. 



Culms floating. \n dry situations, root bulbous. 



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