THE GENERA AND THEIR SPECIES, 



Calamagrostis. Plate xi. AGROSTIDEM. 



32. epigeios 



89 



48 in. Wood Smallreed. Panicle close, hairs 

 longer than paleae. 



33. lanceolala 48 in. Purple Smallreed. Panicle loose, 



ligule decurrent. 



34. stricta 36 in. Narrow Smallreed. Panicle close, 



airs shorter than paleae, spikelets small, 

 glumes broad. 



35. strigosa 24 in. Meagre Smallreed. Panicle close, 



hairs shorter than paleae, spikelets large, 

 glumes acuminate. 



32. C. epigeios. Marshy woods and shady places ; chiefly 

 in the South of England, ranging through Europe and Temperate 

 Asia up to the Arctic Circle. June and July. Root perennial, 

 rootstock slender, creeping, fibres few and whitish. Stem rough, 

 just below the panicle, slender ; nodes smooth. Radical leaves 

 short, stem leaves long, ribbon- 

 like, rough on keel and edges, 

 narrow, glaucous below. Sheaths 

 long, close, tapering, often invo- 

 lute ; ligule lanceolate, torn, smooth 

 on both sides. Panicle often nine 

 inches in length, slender, lobed, 

 spreading when in flower, branches 

 half-whorled, rough, and purplish. 

 Spikelets clustered unilaterally, 

 pointed, nodding, brownish, glossy ; 

 one floret. Glumes nearly equal, narrow, tapering, points rough, 

 keel rough. Outer palea shorter than glumes, white, hairy at 

 base, notched at apex, awn straight, rising from middle of the 

 back ; inner palea small, thin, pointed. 



33. C. lanceolata. Ditches, hedges, and marshy thickets in 

 England, ranging through Central Europe and Russian Asia. 

 June and July. Root perennial, creeping slightly, fibres woolly. 

 Stem smooth, leafy, slender ; nodes widely apart. Leaves 



Calamagrostis epigeios. 

 Spikelet. For Floret see p. 46. 



