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(Fig. 1), without lateral ribs, roughish towards the points; contain- 

 ing one-awned floret shorter than the glumes. Floret of two palea*, 

 (Fig. 2), the outer palea ovate-lanceolate, without lateral ribs, termi- 

 nating in two biffid points, furnished at the base with a number of 

 long straight white hairs, equal in length to the calyx. Awn long 

 and slender, arising from about the centre of the palea, and extend- 

 ing as high as the summit of the hairs. Inner palea linear, membra- 

 nous, acute, much shorter than the outer palea. 



Obs. — Calamagrostis Epigegos is distinguished from Calamagrostis 

 stricta in the hairs of the floret extending about one- third their 

 length beyond the floret, and the awn arising from a little above the 

 centre of the outer palea, and projecting nearly half its length beyond 

 the palea ; — whereas in C stricta the hairs and awn scarcely extend 

 beyond the floret. 



This grass possesses no agricultural merits of any importance. 

 Cattle seldom touch it. It grows in moist woods and shady ditches. 

 Frequently met with in the central parts of Scotland. In England 

 it is found in Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, York, Lincoln, 

 Nottinghamshire, Anglesea, Salop, Worcester, Warwick, Leicester, 

 Oxford, Bedford, Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex, 

 Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Dorset, and Somerset. Occasionally found 

 in Ireland. It is also a native of Lapland, Norway, Sweden, Den- 

 mark, and Germany, but in America it is unknown. 



Flowers in the end of July, and ripens its seed about the last week 

 in August 



25. Anemagrostis Spica venti. * 

 Silky Bent- Grass. 



Specific Character. — Awn arising from a little below the summit 

 of the outer palea, and more than three times the length of the palea. 

 (Plate XVII.) 



Description. — It grows from eighteen inches to two feet high. The 

 root is annual, fibrous. Stem erect, smooth, and round ; bearing 

 five leaves with somewhat roughish sheaths ; the upper sheath longer 



' Anemagrostis Spica vcnii, Lindlcy. Jgrostis Spica venti, Koch, Hoclier, Smith. 



