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lomfenim (Bab.) ; many barren leafy prostrate or erect aboots, 

 1. broad, pan. rather short, anth. purplish. — y. P.prceeox (Jord.) ; 

 St. from an ascending base, 1. slender, pan. rather short, anth. 

 pale yeUow. — Meadows and pastm-es. P. VI. Timothy-grass. 



E. S. I. 



4. P. alplnum (L.) ; 1. -sheaths inflated, pan. oblong, gl. trun- 

 cate glabrous ciliate on the back with a scabrous awn nearly 

 equalling their length, keel ciliate, upper sheath inflated. — 

 JE. B. 519. P. 6. P. commutatum Gaud. — Somewhat creeping. 

 St. 6—12 in. high.— Wet alpine moors. P. VII. S. 



11. AioPECtj'ETis Linn. Fox-tail-grass. 



1. A. praten' sis (h.) ; st. erect smooth, pan. cyfeWncaZ blunt, 

 gl. acute connected below ciliate downy, pale equalling the 

 glumes, awn projecting more than half its own length beyond the 

 pale.—E. B. 759. St. 8. 1. P. 4.— Scarcely creeping.— St. 1—3 

 feet high. In salt marshes the base of the st. becomes fleshy. 

 Upper sheath slightly inflated. Ligule short, blunt. Pan. 1—3 

 in. long, branches 4— 6-flowered. Anth. yellow. Styles com- 

 bined.— Rich pastures. P. IV.— VI. E. S. I. 



2. A. alpinus (Sm.) ; St. erect, smooth, pan. ohlong, gl. acute 

 connected below hairy, pale equalling the glumes, awn pro- 

 jecting ^ of its length beyond the pale. — PJ. B. 1126. P. 4. — 



Somewhat creeping. St. decumbent at the base, then erect, 

 9 — 12 in. high. Ligule short, blunt. Uppermost 1. usually 

 (not always) short and broad, ^ of the length of its inflated 

 sheath. Gl, connate through about J of length. Awn from 

 about the middle of pale, sometimes wanting. Styles combined. 

 Pan. not exceeding an inch, sometimes rather lax; silky branches 

 4 — 6-flowered. — High on mountains. Loch-na-Gar. Ben 

 Lawers. Clova. P. VII. S. 



3. A. geniculdtus (L.) ; st. ascending bent at the knots smooth, 

 pan. cylindrical, gl. blunt connected below ciliate rather exceeding 

 the pale, awn from near the base of the pale and projecting half 

 its length beyond it, anth. linear. — -B. B. 1250. P. 5. — lioot 

 fibrous. St. about a foot long, branching below. Knots gene- 

 rally (in dry places) oval and fleshy. Upper sheath inflated. 

 Ligule oblong. Gl. membranous at the top except the midrib, 

 often villose or hairy below. Pale when laid open oblong, blimt, 

 slightly notched. Anth. ultimately violet-yellow. Styles mcstly 

 combined. Pan. 1 — 2 in. long. — A. pronus (Mitten) is a pros- 

 trate form of this.— Wet places. P. VL VIL E. S. I. 



4. A. ful'vus (Sm.) ; st. ascending bent at the knots smooth, 

 pan. cylindrical, gl. connected below ciliate i&iker falling short 



