382 07. GRAMINE. 
4-nbbed, lateral ribs terminating in short sete, awn from the 
base of the pale and twice its length, J. setaceous, sheaths rough, 
ligule oblong acute —E. B. 1188. P. 83.—Root tufted. L. short, 
involute, almost capillary. Branches of the panicle short. Mid- 
rib of outer glume scabrous in its upper half, slightly excurrent 
at the apex. Inner pale very minute with a tuft of hairs at its 
base.—Dry heaths in the south-west. P. VII. E, 
2. A.canina(L.); panicle spreading when in flower otherwise 
close, branches and pedicels scabrous, gl. unequal acute, outer 
pale erose at the top 4-ribbed, awn from below the middle and 
Jonger than the pale, lower 1]. setaceous tufted, stem-l. narrow, 
sheaths smooth, ligule oblong acute.—E. B, 1856. P. 15.—Root 
creeping and tufted with trailing leafy shoots. St. decumbent 
below, then erect. L. narrow; radical imyolute. Branches of 
the panicle long, slender. FI. tinged with purple or green. 
Outer gl. not erose at the top; midrib scabrous from rather be- 
low the middle. Inner pale 0, or very minute. The awn is 
Sar anes very short or rarely absent,—Peaty heaths, P. VII. 
3. A. vulgaris (With.); panicle spreading during and after 
flowering, gl. nearly equal, outer toothed on the upper part of 
the keel, ligule short truncate—H. B. 1671. P. 12. 13.—St. 
long, ascending or decumbent below and rooting at the knots, 
often producing long prostrate scions. Sheaths mostly smooth, 
Pedicels toothed. Fl. rarely awned.—8. A. pumila (Light.); 
cespitose, st. 2—3 in. high, fl. often awned usually infested with 
smut.—Rather dry places. P. VII. 
4. A.alba(L.); panicle compact after flowering, glumes nearly 
equal, outer toothed throughout its keel, ligule elongate acute.— 
E. B. 1189. P. 13. 14.—St. procumbent and rooting below, 
then erect, often with long prostrate scions. Sheaths roughish. 
Panicle spreading when m flower, afterwards close. Pedicels 
very much toothed. Florets sometimes though rarely awned.— 
8. maritima ; st. procumbent, rooting at the knots, panicle lobed, 
E, B. 1532.—Fields, &e. 8. Sea-sands. P. VII, 
14, Aprra Adans. 
1. A. Spica-venti (Beauv.); panicle spreading, anth. linear- 
oblong.— Agrostis Sm., E. B. 951. Anemagrostis (Trin.) P. 17. 
—St. 1—2 feet high. Panicle very light and elegant. Branches 
spreading, horizontal when in flower. Awn 3 or 4 times exceed- 
ing the pale. Rudiment of the second fl. a small pedicel with a 
tuft of hair on each side, at the hase of the inner pale-—Sandy 
fields, rare. A. VI. VII. E. §. 
2. A. interrupta (Beauv.); panicle close, anth. oval.—E. B. 8. 
