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cate awelling upwards, keels rough, rudimentary fl. subulate. — 

 E. B. 1077. St. 26. 6. F. 79.— St. often branclied, leafy 

 almost up to the panicle. Lower pale entire, not awned. — Dry 

 open fields. No locality known. A. VII.] E. 



1. P. Boeh'meri (Wibel) ; pan. cylindrical, gl. linear-lanceolate 

 obliquely truncate mucronate, keel cUiate above, rudimentary fi. 

 subulate.— i^. S. 469. P. 80.— St. leafy below, the upper half 

 naked, with sterile leafy shoots. Lower pale entire, not awned. 

 — Dry chalky fields, rare. P. VO. E. 



[P. Michelii (All.) ; pan. nearly cylindrical, gl. lanceolate 

 acuminate, keel cUiate throughout.—^. B. 22Qb. P. 7. — St. 

 with sterile leafy shoots. — On the rooky parts of the Clova 

 Mountains. Mr. O. Don. P. VII. Vin.] S. 



2. P. arendrium (L.) ; pan. oblong somewhat narrowed below, 



fl. lanceolate acuminate, keel ciliate above, rudimentary fi. su- 

 _ ulate minute—^. B. 222. St. 29. 1. P. 7.— St. varying greatly 

 in height. Sheaths infiated. Lower pale notched at the summit, 

 5 the length of the glumes. " Stigma very short." — Sandy 

 places chiefiy near the sea. A. V.— VII. E. S. I. 



3. P. praten'se (L.) ; pan. cylindrical, gl. oblong truncate with 

 an awn of leas than half their length, keel ciliate above, no 

 rudimentary flower.—^. B. 1076. P. 77 & 78.— SHghtly 

 creeping (or slightly tuberous, P. nodosum L.). Pan. 1 — 5 in. 

 long. Awns sometimes longer. Lower pale jagged at the 

 summit. — a. P. pratense (L.) ; st. from a prostrate base, 1. broad, 

 pan. usually long, anth. purplish. — /3. stotoniferum ; many barren 

 leafy prostrate or erect shoots, 1. broad, pan. rather short, anth. 

 purplish. — y. P. prcecox (Jord.) ; st. from an ascending base, 

 1. slender, pan. rather short, anth. pale yellow. — Meadows and 

 pastures. P. VI. Timothy-grass. E. S. I. 



4. P. alpinum (L.) ; pan. oblong, gl. truncate glabrous ciliate 

 on the back with a scabrous awn nearly equalling their length, 

 keel ciliate, upper sheath infiated. — B. B. 519. P. 6. — Somewhat 

 creeping. St. 6 — 12 in. high. Our plant is the P. commutatum 

 (Gaud.) and differs from the true P. alpinum by its shorter 

 panicle, not ciliate awn, much inflated upper sheath and short 

 blunt upper ligule. — Wet alpine moors. P. VII. S. 



11. Axopecu'etjs Linn. Fox-tail-grass. 



1. A. praten sis (L.) ; st. erect amooih, pan. cylindrical hlant, 

 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. 



