426 97. OEAMiNEa;. 



1205. P. 10. — The smallest species.^-Pasturea and banks near 

 the sea. A. VI. E. S. 



49. LEPitr'Errs .K. Br. 



1. i. incurvdtm (Trin.) ; spike cylindrical-subulate, gl. 2 

 equalling or slightly exceeding the flowers. — RottbcelUa Sm., 

 E. H.JQO. P. 2.— St. 2—6 in. long. Spikelpng, curved when 

 dry.^^. L.filifcurmis (Trin.) ; spikes much more slender filiform 

 scarcely curved. P. S.-f-Grfayelly and waste places near the sea. 



50. Lo'Litru: lAnn. Rye-grass. 



1. L. peren'ne (Ij.') ; with leafy ban-en shoots, edges of y&ung 

 I. sinrply folded, spikelets 3 — ll-flowel-ed, gl. equalling the 

 lowest ii., lower pale usually awnless. — E. B. .315. P. 65. — 

 St. 12^18 in. high, usually bent at the lower knots.' Whole 

 plant rather dark green. — /3. aristatum ; lower -paile with a long 

 awn.— ^y. L. teiiue ,(L.) ; spikelets . few-flowered, 1. slender. — 

 Sometimes the spikeleta become converted into branches; or the 

 rachis is so much shortened as to produce a broad ovate close 

 distichous spiks. — Common. P. yl. Rye-grass,. E. S. I. 



[i. ital'icum (A. Braun) ; with leafy" barren shoots, id'ges of 

 young I. involute, spikelets 9-~14-flpwered, lower pale with a 

 long awn. — R. Vii. 77. Z.' perenH^. ' P. 138 — 141. — St. many, 

 straight, in close tufts, 1^ — 3 ft. high. ' Whole plant, especially 

 the spikelets, paler than in the preceding. Jjigule shortj abrupt. 

 — E. multiflorum (Lam.), perhaps- confoxmded with this, has no 

 barren, shoots and is annual. — Cultivated fields. P. VI; Italian 

 Mye-grass.~\ , E. 



\L. linidola (Sond.) ; ' no barren shoots, spikelets 7 — 11-flow- 

 ered exceeding the gl., lower psile longer than its awn or awn- 

 less, fl. tumid with fruit. — E. B. 2955. — St. erect. Spike slender. 

 Lower pale cartila'ginous below, narrower than the upper, tumid 

 in fruit.^Gultivated fields. Sussex. Yorkshire. A. VL VIL] 



2. L. temulen'tum (L.) ; no barren shoots, spikelets about 6- 

 flowered 'equalling or shorter thiirt the gl., lower pale awned, fl. 

 tumidwithfruit.— ^. jB. 1124. P. 142.— St. erect. Ligule short. 

 Upper gl. usually present, often bifid. — a. ; awns as long as or 

 longer than the pale. — /3. Z. arvense (With:)'; fl. 4 — 5 without 

 or with short awns. E. B. 1125.— Cultivated.fields. , ■ A. VL— 

 VIIL Daniel. , i E. S. I. 



