16 ALOPECURTJS FULVUS. 



cumbent, smooth, having four or five leaves with smooth striated 

 sheaths, uppermost sheath of same length as its leaf, inflated, 

 and having an oblong ligule, which is membranous. Joints 

 smooth. Leaves acute, flat. Inflorescence panicled. Length 

 from twelve to eighteen inches. Root fibrous and perennial. 



Flowers in June. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester, 

 for the specimen figured,- it was gathered in Rosthern Mere, 

 Cheshire, a locality in which it is not common. 



