18 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. Agrostis. 



MI'LIUM. Millet-grass. 



The hardened corolla, forming a coat to the seed, affords a mark 

 of distinction between this genus and Agrostis. Sm. 



M. effdsum. Spreading M. Flowers in a loose spread- 

 ing panicle, without awns. E. B. 1106. C. 4. 12. 

 Gramen miliaceum. G. E. 6. bad. 



TVilcot, MungeweU, Ardley, Tar TVoods. Sb. (Bagley Wood.) 



B.V. 

 Per. 71%. 

 Light, elegant, lofty plant. The middle branches of the panicle 



droop, and point directly downward. Ls. sweet-scented : they 



drive away dcari. 



AGROSTIS. Bent-grass. 



* Awned. 



(A. Spica venti. Silky B. Awn straight, stiff, many 

 times longer than the corolla. Panicle loosely spread- 

 ing. E.^B. 951. 



Moist sandy fields. Corn fields near Old Windsor. Tur. 

 An. June, July. 



Stems, two to three ft. erect. Pan. large, silky, waving on one 

 side.) 



A. canina. Brown B. Awn incurved, from below 

 the middle of the corolla ; inner valve scarcely distin- 

 guishable. Calyx egg-shaped, coloured. Stems lying 

 down, with prostrate shoots. Stipula spear-shaped. 

 E. B. 1856. 



Moist meadoivs. 



Per. June. 



Pafiicle spreading, yet somewhat erect. Herbage trifling ; of no 

 agricultural use. E. B. The aum varies in length, and is 

 occasionally absent, nothing being more uncertain than the back 

 awns of grasses. The terminal ones, whether of the calyx, or 

 corolla, are much more to be trusted. Sm. 



A. setacea. Bristle-leaved B. Awn incurved, from 

 near the base of the corolla ; inner valve minute. Calyx 

 spear-shaped, tapering, rough. Root leaves bristle- 

 shaped. Stem nearly erect. Panicle close^ oblong. 

 E. B. 1188. C. 6. 12. C. Gr. 42. 



Southleigh. Stanton St. John's. Sb. 

 Per. July. 



* * Generally ivithout awns. 



