126 BRITISH GRASSES. 



or fodder." The panicle has a purplish tinge, and when 

 the stamens are put forth they hang around it like tawny 

 pendants. Messrs. Wheeler and Sons recommend this 

 grass for moist clay lands and " improved moorish soils." 



Timothy Grass is very common in meadows and pas- 

 tures throughout Britain, Lapland, Sweden and Norway, 

 the United States, and North America. It flowers both 

 in the summer and in the autumn, if the weather is fa- 

 vourable. 



This species is distinguished from P. alpinum by its 

 outer glumes being more than twice the length of their 

 awns ; from P. arenarium by the presence of awns on 

 the glumes ; and from P. Michelii by the flowering 

 glume having a minute awn. 



P. pratense, var. longiaristatum. Long-awned Timo- 

 thy-grass. — This is a variety found occasionally in the 

 neighbourhood of Edinburgh, in damp sandy places ; its 

 distinctive feature is the long awns upon the glumes ; 

 the form of the panicle is liable to great variation, being 

 sometimes as long as that of the typical form, and some- 

 times so short as to be nearly globular. Dr. Parnell 

 has given excellent drawings of this plant. Root swell- 

 ing into a bulb. 



Phleum pratense, var. longiciliatum. — In this variety 

 the awns are short, but the hairs on the keels are largely 

 developed. It has bulbous or knotted roots, and is, like 

 the former, a Scotch variety, frequenting sandy places 

 on the west coast. 



2. Phleum alpinum, Linn. Alpine Cat's-tail-grass. 



Eoot perennial, creeping, rather tuberous ; stem erect, 

 round, smooth, twelve to sixteen inches high ; leaves flat, 



