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AGEOSTIS CANINA. 



LiNNiETTs. Smith. Hookbe. Gtebviile. Koch. Parneli. 



WiLLDENOW. LeEBS. HoFFMANN. 



PLATE XVI. B. 



Agrostis vinealis, Withering. 



" utricta, Sinclair. 



Trichodium oaniwwm, Lindlbt. Sohbader. 



Agrostis tenuifoUa, .Curtis. 



" fascicularis, Sinclair. 



The Brown Bent Grass. 



Agrostis — A field, (from the Greek.) Canina — Dog's. 



Agrostis. LinncBus. — Agrostis, or Bent Grass, is derived from the 

 Greek of a field, in reference to the species (of which there are six in 

 Great Britain) growing in open situations. The panicle is loose, with 

 laterally-compressed spikelets. Two acute awnless memhranaceous glumes. 

 Sessile floret. Two unequal-sized glumellas. 



A COMMON species, found in boggy situations in England, 

 Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, 

 and America. 



Of no agricultural value. 



Stem circular, polished, slender, erect, with the base some- 

 what decumbent, carrying four or five taper-pointed narrow 

 leaves with smooth sheaths, the upper one extending considerably 

 beyond its leaf, and having at its apex a lengthy-pointed 

 membranous ligule. Joints smooth. Inflorescence yellowish 

 brown, compound panicled. Panicle upright, spreading when 

 in flower. Branches slender, elastic, rough,- mostly in clusters 

 of three or five. Spikelets small, acute, numerous, on foot- 

 stalks. Calyx of two glumes, the exterior one being destitute 



