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CYNOSUKUS CRISTATUS. 



LiNNJSus. J. E. Smith. Hookeb and Aenott. Paenell. Maceeight. 



Ktjnth. Ealps. Lindlet. Gteeville. Babinston. 



Beichbnbaoh. Deakin. Sinclaie. Relhan. Willdenow. 



MaETYN. KnaPP. SlILLINaELBET. 



Scheadee. Host. Scheebee. Leees. Oedbe. Witheeing. 



PLATE XHV. A. 



Cframen cristatuin, Batthin. Eat. Geeaede. 



The Crested Dog's-tail Grass. 



Cynosurus — Dog's-tail. Oristatus — Crested. 



CYNOStTEUS. Linnceus. — The Dog's-tail Grass. Two Britisli species; one 

 the Cynosurus cristatus, common; the other C. echinatus, local. Name 

 derived from the Greek. 



A VALUABLE permanent pasture Grass, but too dry and hard 

 for hay. It flourishes best hi clayey soils. Cattle are fond 

 of the young leaves, yet reject the flower stalks, which cause 

 the fields to look unsightly when they become dry. The 

 stems are valuable for the manufacture of plait for Leghorn 

 bonnets. 



Common in England, Scotland, and Ireland. 



Native of France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, 

 Spain, Prussia, Norway, and Sweden, extending to an elevation 

 of two thousand feet. 



Stem circular, smooth, erect, and striated, having- five flat, 

 narrow, acute leaves, with smooth sheaths. Joint smooth. In- 

 florescence siraple-panicled. Panicle upright, one inch and a 



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