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3.* A. slrigasa (Bristle Oat). — Stems 2 — t, feet high ; leaves 

 sometimes hairy ; piuiide i-sidcd ; spiluiets 2-liowercd, drooping ; 

 ftozperiug glume smooth, ending in 2 long, straight bristles. — Corn- 

 fields; rare, not indigenous. — Fl. June^-August. Annual. 



4. _i. /ff'/i/r! (Havers, Wild Oat). — Nearly allied to the preceding, 

 but stouter; stems smooth, but with hairy nodes ; leaves rough; 



Av^XA fAtua {Havers, U'/lii Oaf\ 



panicle loose, 6 — \o in. long, spreading ; spikelets ^-flowered, i 

 in. long, on unequal pedicels, drooping, green; flowering glume 

 with long, brown hairs outside.- (\jrnlields ; frequent. — Fl. June, 

 July. Annual. 



25. Ai<Knt:N,'\THEKUM (Oat-grass), of which A. eldlius (False 

 Oat) is the only British species, has a creeping or tuberous root- 

 stock ; stem 2 — 3 feet high, slender, s^iooth ; leaves rough, ilat ; 



