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ciliate. — /3. armarium (Bab.) ; lower part of the st. buried, 

 lengthened and rooting, thus appearing to creep. — Waste places. 



0. Sands of the sea-shore. A. VI. VII. 



4. H. mariiimum (Wither.) ; gl. scabrous, inner one of the 

 lateral fl. half-ovate, the rest setaceous, lateral fl. imperfect. — 

 E. B. 1205. P. 10. — The smallest species. — Sandy pastures 

 near the sea. A. VI. 



49. Lepturus R. Br. 



1. L. incurvatus (Trin.) ; spike cylindrical-subulate, gl. 2 

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

 E. B. 760. P. 2.- — St. 2 — 6 in. long. Spike long, curved when 

 dry. — 13. L. filiformis {Tiin.) ; spikes much more slender filiform 

 scarcely at all curved. P. 3. — Sandy salt marshes. A. VII. 



50. LoLiuM Linn. Rye-grasB. 



1. L.perenne (L.) ; with leafy barren shoots, edges of young 



1. simply folded, spikelets 3 — 11 -flowered, gl. equalling the 

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

 St. 1 — 1^ foot high, usually bent at the lower knots. Whole 

 plant rather dark green. — ^. aristatum ; lower pale with a long 

 awa. — y. L. tervue (L.) ; spikelets few-flowered, 1. slender. — 

 Sometimes the spikelets become converted into branches ; occa- 

 sionally the rachis is so much shortened as to form a broad ovate 

 close distichous spike. — Common. P. VI. Rye-grass. 



[*2. L. italicum (A. Braun) ; with leafy barren shoots, edges 

 of yowng I. involute, spikelets 9 — 14-flowered, outer pale with a 

 long awn. — R. vii. 77. L. perenne. P. 138 — 141. L. multi- 

 florum II. and A. {not Lam.). — St. many, straight, in close tufts, 

 1^ — 3 feet high. Whole plant, especially the spikelets, paler 

 than in the preceding. Ligule short, abrupt. — Probably the true 

 h. multiflorum (Lam.) is confounded with this in Britain; it has 

 no barren shoots and is annual. — Cultivated fields. B. or P. VI. 

 Italian Rye-grass. 



[3. L. Unicola (Sond.) ; no barren shoots, spikelets 7 — H- 

 flowered exceeding the gl., lower pale longer than its awn or 

 avraless. — E. B. 2955. — St. erect. Lower pale cartilaginous 

 below, narrower than the upper, tumid in fruit. — Cultivated 

 fields. Sussex. Yorkshire. A. VI. VII.] 



4. L. temulentum (L.); no barren shoots, spOcelets about 

 6-flowered equalling or shorter than the gl., lower pale as long as 

 itsawn.— B. B. 1124. P. 142.— St. erect. Ligule short. Upper 

 gl. usually present, often bifid. — ^. L. arvense (With.); fl- 4 — 5 

 without or with short awns. E. B. 1125. — Cultivated fields. 

 A. VI.— VIII. Darnel. 



