CRASS FyIMII.Y 



577 



blunt ligules ; panicle 2—6 in. long, spreading, with slender 

 branches 3 — 5 together ; ipikelels ovale, 3— 4-flowered, much 

 webbed ; flowering glumes with 5 prominent veins, 3 hairy. — 

 Meadows; abundant. — Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



12. ]\ /Hili'islris (Alarsh Meadow-grass). — Without runners ; 

 leaves with longer and more conspicuous ligules than the preced- 





F'jA TRAT^NStS (.9. 



■i-'-!'s.). 



ing ; flowering glumes indistinctly veined. — Marshes by the Tay 

 below Perth, and by the Severn.— Fl. July. Perennial. 



13. P. irivieilis (Rough 2\Ieadow-grass). — Chiefly distinguished 

 from P. pralhisis by the absence of runners ;. a general roughness 

 of surface ; long, acute ligules ; more slendei: Jtanicles, often 6 in. 

 long, with slender, spreading branches given off 5 together ; spikelets 

 usually 2-flowered, rarely i or 3 — 5; floK'c'ring glume 5-veined, 

 marginal veins glabrous. — Moist places; abundant. — Fl. June, 

 July. Perennial 

 p P 



