50 . CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEJOS. 



York, Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland, and Anglesea. 

 Abroad in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Lapland. 



Stem circular, upright, and somewhat rough, carrying four 

 narrow, acute, taper-pointed leaves, with inner surface and edges 

 rough, but smooth on the back. Sheaths smooth, striated, the 

 uppermost one extending beyond its leaf, and having at its apex 

 a lengthy, lanceolate-shaped, divided ligule. Joints smooth. 

 Inflorescence brown, compound panicled. Panicle upright, 

 compact, four inches in length. Branches and rachis rough, the 

 branches in alternate clusters. Calyx composed of two narrow, 

 acute, equal-sized glumes, destitute of lateral ribs; containing 

 one awned floret, not so long as the glumes. Floret consisting 

 of two palese, the exterior one ovate-lanceolate, destitute of 

 lateral ribs, and ending in two bifid points; at the base a number 

 of long straight hairs, colourless, and equal in length to the 

 calyx. Awn long and slender, commencing at the centre of the 

 palea, and rising to the summit of the hairs. Inner palea acute, 

 membranous, linear, and considerably shorter. Length from 

 three to five feet. Root perennial and creeping. 



Flowers at the end of July, and seed ripens at the end of 

 August. 



Cattle will seldom eat this Grass. 



Distinguished from C. stricta in the hairs and awn of C. 

 stricta scarcely extending beyond the floret. 



The illustration is from a specimen gathered near St. Ann's 

 Wells, Nottingham. 



