14 ALOPECURUS BULBOSTJS. 



sheath, in the truncate summit of the floret, and in the awn 

 extending half its length beyond the palea. In A. agrestis 

 the stem and sheaths are rough, floret conical at apex, awn 

 longer. 



It differs from A. pratensis in having the floret shorter 

 than the glumes, and in being truncated instead of conical 

 at the apex, and in the glumes not being joined at the base. 



A. geniculatus is more blunt in the glumes. 



A.fulvus has a conical floret with a longer awn. 



The illustration is from a specimen gathered in Cheshire, by- 

 Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester. 



