390 97. GRAMINEJE. 



the keel, wing entire, rudimentary fl. 2 half as long as the fertile 

 fl., pales pilose.— JB. B. 1310. P. 9.— St. 1^2 feet high, termi- 

 nating in a compact compound panicle. Gl. large, pale yellow 

 variegated with green lines and remarkably winged at the back. 

 — Scarcely naturalized. A. VII. True Canary-grass. 



[P. paradoxa (L.) ; pan. spikelike, gl. of fertile fl. with a 

 blunt toothed wing on the keel many-veined, rudimentary fl. 

 several much shorter. — St. decumbent below, then ascending, 

 1 — 3 ft. high, branched. Lower part of pan. usually barren ; 

 branches with about 6 spikes. — Swanage, Dorset. A. VII.] E. 



2. P. arundinacea (L.); pan. upright with spreading branches, 

 fl. clustered, gl. not winged, rudimentary fl. 1 or 2 small hairj' 

 —E. B. 402. P. 9.— St. 4—5 feet high. Root creeping. Pan. 

 3 — 4 in. long. Gl. keeled. L. sometimes variegated with white 

 lines.— By water. P. VI. VII. 



8. Anthoxanthtjm Linn. Vernal-grass. 



1. A. odoratum (L.) ; pan. spikehke oblong compound, gl. 

 about as long as the awns. — E. B. 647. P- 8. — About a foot 

 high. Spike lanceolate, dense, or rather interrupted below. — 

 Very common in pastures. P. V. VI. 



9. HiEROCHLOE Gmel. Holy-grass. 



1 . H. borealis (R. and S.) ; pan. divaricate, pedicels glabrous, 

 fl. awnless, 1. flat, root creeping. — E. B. S. 2641. P. 31. — About 

 a foot high. Spikelets ovate, brown. — Glen Kella or Gaily, For- 

 farshire. Mr. G.Don. Thurso, Caithness. Afr.fi.DJc/l. P.VII. S. 



Tribe IV. Phleinea. 



10. Phleum Linn. Cat's-tail-grass. 



1. P. asperum (Jacq.); pan. cylindrical, gl. wedgeshaped 

 truncate swelling upwards, keels rough, rudimentary fl. subulate. 

 —E. B. 1077- St. 26. 5. P. 79.— St. often branched, leafy 

 almost u)i to the panicle. Lower pale entire, not awned. — Dry 

 open fields, rare. A. VII. E. 



2. P. Boehmeri (Wibel) j pan. cylindrical, gl. linear-lanceolate 

 obliquely truncate mucronate, keel ciliate above, rudimentary fl. 

 subulate.— £. B. 459. P. 80.— St. leafy below, the upper half 

 naked, with sterile leafy shoots. Lower pale entire, not awned. 

 —Dry chalky fields, rare. P. VII. E. 



[3. P. Michelii (All.); pan. nearly cyhndrical, gl. lanceolate 



