TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. Lolium. 31 



K. Jlavescens, Yellow 0. Panicle lax, much branched, 

 spreading, erect. Florets about three, longer than the 

 very unequal calyx. Leaves flat, a little downy. Root 

 somewhat creeping. E. B. 952. C. 3. 5. 



Meadows, jMstures, in chalky and lime-stone situations. Sm. 



Per. June. 



All the fios. bearded. Pan. yellowish, shining. Fl. very small. 



Root creeping. Culm about one foot. 



A good agricultural grass. 



ARUNDO. Reed. Ang. Sax. 



A. Phragmites.^ Common Reed. Florets about five, 

 awnless, longer than the calyx. Panicle loose. E. B. 

 401. A. vallatoria. G. E. S^. f. 1. 



Marshes, ditches, and about the hanks of pools and rivers. 



Per. Jiily. 



Six feet. Cal, smooth. At the base of each floret a large tuft of 

 white silky hairs. Used for thatching, garden-fences, &c. and is 

 annually cut for these purposes. More durable than straw for 

 thatching ; laid across the frame of wood-work, as a foundation 

 for plaster floors. Reed pens for sketching. Pan. used by 

 Swedes to dye woollen green. Its waving silvery plumes orna- 

 mental on banks of rivers, &c. The young shoots, if cut ofl" from 

 the root where not exposed to the light, are said to make an 

 excellent pickle. 



A. epigejos.^ Wood Heed. Calyx single-flowered, 

 longer than the corolla. Panicle erect, close. Flowers 

 crowded, leaning one way. Corolla with a back awn 

 about as long as the hairs and calyx. Leaves spear- 

 shaped, smooth beneath. E. B. 403. 



Moist woods. Magdalen College copse. Tar Wood. Sb. Copse, 

 near Horsepath, by the foot-path. R. W. Furze field, near 

 Bullingdon Green. B.v. 



Cal. valves rough. Stem nearly as tall, but rather more slender 

 than Ar. Phragmites : leafy, smooth. 



LO'LIUM. Darnel. 



L. perenne. Perennial D. Rye- Grass. Corolla very 

 slightly awned. Spikelets compressed, longer than the 

 calyx. Florets spear-shaped. E. B. 315. H. L. 1. 



18. L. rubrum. G. E. 78. f. 1- 



Meadows, pastures. 



' Gr. phrasso, to fence. ^ Gr. creeping on the ground. 







