50 © THE SEEDS OF ANTHOXANTHUM. 
tems. The plant ae any odour, either 
r dried. The fo and no 
The substitution, therefore, of its seeds for: the perennial Sweet 
Vernal @ serious injury,yand the increasing proportion 
of samples that have during the year come under my notice prove 
that this adulteration is on the i iner 
he 
as to puzzle botanists, and to lead to ins notion that it is an 
indigenous grass, which had me overlooked until a few years ago. 
Tt was first noticed by Mr. Britten in 1872, at Mobberley, in 
Cheshire, in a field which had been broken up and re-sown Wi 
aoe some years before. It was next observed by Mr. a 
a b 
Fie. 1 -—Anthoranthum odoratum Linn. Ten times the natural size. a, the 
seed with its shining striated scales ; b, one of the hairy pales, with ae jointed 
e, the “ seed” as offered for sale, consisting of the two pales surrounding the 
small shining seed, which is seen between the open edges of the pales. 
then it has been recorded from higecheprgy Worcestershire, 
Devonshire, and other places. But in none of the localities is its 
appearance free eons the strong peace “that it has been intro- 
