GRAMINEiE i8i 



8. ALOPECURUS, L. 



Glumes 3 or 4 ; spikelets joiilted on the pedicel. 



A. agrestis, L., Fox-tail Grass; in meadows. A.pra- 

 tensis, L.; with more cylindrical panicle; wet fields. A. 

 geniculatus, L. ; lower part of stem prostrate, rooting ; in 

 water. A.fulvus, Sm.; resembling the last, with yellow 

 anthers ; ditches. 



Tribe AndropoGONE^. — Spikelets in pairs, one ses- 

 sile, the other stalked, with a single bisexual or male 

 flower. Not alpine. 



9. Andropogon, L. 

 Glumes 2, equal or nearly so. 



A. Ischcenum, L. ; spikelets 5-10, fascicled-digitate, 

 hairy; stony places. A. Gryllus, L. (Pollinia Gryllus, 

 Spreng.) ; spikelets with a crown of reddish-yellow hairs 

 at the base; Vaud, Valais, Ticino, Pyrenees. A. Alli- 

 onii, DC. {Heteropogon Allionii, R. S.) ; glumes with long 

 twisted awns ; rocky places ; Ticino. 



Tribe AGROSTIDE^.^Spikelets terete or compressed 

 laterally ; glumes 3 ; flower solitary, bisexual ; pale 2- 

 nerved. Genera 10—17. 



10. Milium, L. 



Panicle spreading ; flowering glume hardening round 

 the fruit. Not alpine. 



M. effusum, L., Millet Grass ; leaves broad, flat, ulti- 

 mate branches of panicle very slender ; woods, common. 



