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POLYPOGON MONSPELIENSIS. 



Despontainbs. Koch. Smith. Hookbe. Lindley. 

 Paenbll. Soheadbe. Maeschall. 



PLATE XIV. A. 



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Agrostis panicea, AiroN. Willdenow. 



Alnpecwrus mmispeliensis, LiNNiEUS. Withbeinq-. 



" aristatus, Hudson. 



Agrostis triaristata, Enapp. 



Alopecurv^ maxima angliea, E.AT. 



" paniceiis, LiNNiEtrs. Withbeing. 



Cynoswnis paniceus, Linn^tjs. 



Phleum erinitv/m, Scheebbe. J. E. Smith. 



The Annual Beard-Grass. 



Polijpogon — Many — ^A beard, (from the Greek.) Monspeliensis — Belonging 



to Montpelier. 



PoLTPOGON. Desfontaines. — The Beard-Grass, of which two species 

 occur in Great Britain, has compact panicles, whose spikelets are laterally 

 compressed. Glumes two, equal-sized, notched, and awned. Name derived 

 from the Greek, meaning mcmy beards. 



A BEAUTIFUL rare Grass, growing ia moist situations near 

 the sea. 



Found in Hampshire, Kent, Essex, Norfolk, Gloucester, 

 Durham, Fifeshire, and the Island of Guernsey. Also found 

 along the Mediterranean Sea. 



Stem upright, circular, rather rough, carrying five or six 

 broad flat acute rough leaves, with striated smooth sheaths, the 

 upper one extending beyond its leaf. Ligule long, rough, and 

 acute. Joints smooth. Inflorescence compound panicled. Pan- 

 icle upright, close, lobed, silky; length from one to two 



