55- GRAM1NK/1-; 



45- TRfTicuM. — Spikelels solitary in jthe notches, with their 

 broad sides to the rachis, 3- or more-flowered. 



46. Leptl'rus. — SpikcIcls solitary in .the notches, with their 

 broad sides to the racliis, i-flowered, 



47. Nakdus. — Spikelels solitary in the notches of a i-sided 

 spike, i-llowered. 



48. HorijEUM. — Spikelels 3 in each notch, i-flowercd, with 

 long awns. 



49. Elymus. — Spikelels 2 or 3 in each notch, 2-- 7-flowcred, 

 awnless. 



1. DiciTARiA (Finger-grass.) — Spikelels i-flowered, arranged 2 

 togetlier along one side of linear, digitate spikes, glumes 4, usually 

 not awned, the lowest small ; flowering glume 3-veined. (Name 

 from the Latin (/;g//!(>. a finger, from the form of the inflorescence.) 



I.* D. sa)igitituilis {Fingered Panic). — ^An introduced weed of 

 calti\aled groujid ; stems 1 — 2 feet long, spreading at base, then 

 erect ; leaves flat, hairy, panicle of 2 — 6, rarely more, simple, 

 slender, digitate, spike-like branches, 2^—4 in. long. — South of 

 England. — Fl. August. Annual. 



2. D. linearis (Red Millet, Finger-grass)^ — Very like the pre- 

 ceding, but much smaller and Ie,,s hairy : .stems 6 — S in., prostrate ; 

 panicle of 2 — 5 branches ; spikelels minute, purplish, ovate, 

 stalked, in pairs. — Sandy fields in the south-eastern counties ; 

 rare. — Fl. July, August. Annual, 



*2. Er HiN6rni.n.\. — Spikelels 2-flowered, paniclcd, the lower 

 fiowcr staminate ; glumes 4 ; flowering glfime 5-veined, pointed or 

 awned. (Name Irom the (.jreek ecliinos, a hedgehog, rhli'm, grass.) 



I.* E. Crus-gdlli (Loose, or Cockspur, Panic). — A coarse 

 naturalised weed ; stems i — 4 feet, ascei\ding ; leaver broad, gla- 

 brous, rough-edged ; paniele 3 — 6 in. long, irregularly pyramidal, 

 with alternate or 0|)posite, rather i -sided branches and downy, 3- 

 sided rachis ; spikelels green, on hairy pedicels ; third glume 

 pointed or awned ; flowering glume polished. — Fields in the south- 

 eastern counties. — Fl July. Annual. 



*3. Set.aria (Bristle-grass). — Spikelels in a dense, cylindrici 

 spike-like panicle, resembling those of pdnieuni, but with stout 

 bristles on their ]iedicels and no awns. (Name from the Latin 

 seta, a bristle.) 



I.* S. !iij7'ii;5 (Green Bristle-grass or Panic). — An erect plant, 

 I — 2 feet high ; leaves flat, rough on the edges ; paniele green, i 

 — 3 in. long, with downy, 3-edged, wliorled brandies; bristles 

 purplish, J- in. long, with ascending teeth-; flowering !,'/;o);<' smooth. 

 — A casual in cultivated fields. — Fl. July, August. Annual. 



