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CALAMAGROSTIS LANCEOLATA. 



KoTH. Koch. Kunth. Paenbll. BABiNaioN. Hookbe. Lindlet. 



PLATE XV. — B. 



Calamagrostis epigejos, Withbeing. 



Arundo calamagrostis, Smith. Knapp. Scheadee. 



" " LlNN2EUS. OeDEB. EhEHAET. 



" epigejos, Hudson. 



The Purple-Flowered Small Reed. 



Calamagrostis — Palm Grass. Lanceolata — Lanceolate. 



A BEAUTIFUL species, growing in fenny countries in moist 

 shady situations. 



A somewhat common Grass in England. Found also in Ire- 

 land, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, 

 Lapland, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, Greece, Siberia, British 

 America, and North Africa. 



Of no agricultural value. 



Stem circular, smooth, striated, carrying four or five narrow, 

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

 upper one extending beyond its leaf. Ligule of upper leaf 

 bold and obtuse. Joints wide apart. Inflorescence compound 

 panicle'd, seven to eight inches long, spreading when in flower, 

 branches into clusters, rough, and slender. Spikelets numerous, 

 composed of two narrow acute equal-sized glumes, and one floret 

 shorter than the glumes; of two palese, the exterior being five- 

 ribbed; apex bifid, awned from slightly below the apex. 

 Base of palea hirsute, extending beyond the floret. Glumes 

 destitute of lateral ribs, dentate for the whole length of their 

 keel, and purple in colour. Awn rough, slender, very short'. 



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