ALOPECURUS. 141 



in the shortness of the flowering glume in comparison 

 with the outer glumes. 



The Bulbous Foxtail is a rare inhabitant of salt- 

 marshes ; it favours those near Yarmouth, those in the 

 neighbourhood of Cardiff, and some in the vicinity of 

 Northfleet, Kent. Also, it has been found in similar 

 situations in Somersetshire and Gloucestershire, and 

 along the eastern coast of England. In Scotland or 

 Ireland it has not been found. 



Its foreign homes are France, Germany, Spain, Por- 

 tugal, Italy, Turkey, Greece, and the islands of the Me- 

 diterranean. It is of no agricultural value. 



6. Alopecurus fulvus, Sm. Orange-spiked Foxtail. 



Root perennial, fibrous ; stem ascending, geniculated, 

 procumbent at the base, smooth, from twelve to eighteen 

 inches high ; joints smooth ; leaves flat, acute, rough above, 

 smooth below ; sheaths smooth, striated, upper one swollen ; 

 panicle erect, cylindrical, compact, from one to two inches 

 long ; spikelets numerous, oval, minute, erect ; outer glumes 

 equal, pointed, united at the base, ribbed, hairy on the 

 keels and ribs ; flowering glume having a small awn arising 

 near its base, but not extending beyond its summit ; filaments 

 three, hair-like ; anthers short, roundish, orange, notched at 

 each end ; stigmas slender. 



This grass is of no use for agricultural purposes ; it 

 inhabits marshy ground, and is found in Essex, Norfolk, 

 Cambridgeshire, Worcestershire, and Denbighshire. It 

 is rare in Scotland, and not known at all in Ireland. 

 Dr. Parnell gives all known particulars concerning it. 



