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AGROSTIS CANINA. 



Linnaeus. Smith. Hooker. Greville. Koch. Parnell. 

 Willdenow. Leers. Hoffmann. 



PLATE XVI. B. 



Agrostis vinealis. Withering. 



" slrictct, Sinclair. 



Trichodium caninum, Lindley. ScHRADEB. 



Agrostis tenuifolia, Curtis. 



" fascivularis, Sinclair. 



The Brown Bent Grass. 



Agrostis — A field, (from the Greek.) Canina — Dog's. 



Agrostis. Linnceus. — Agrostis, or Bent Grass, is derived from the 

 Greek of a field, in reference to the species (of which there are six in 

 Great Britain) growing in open situations. The panicle is loose, with 

 laterally-compressed spikelets. Two acute awnless membranaceous glumes. 

 Sessile floret. Two unequal-sised glumellas. 



A common species, found in boggy situations in England, 

 Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, 

 and America. 



Of no agricultural value. 



Stem circular, polished, slender, erect, with the base some- 

 what decumbent, carrying four or five taper-pointed narrow 

 leaves with smooth sheaths, the upper one extending considerably 

 beyond its leaf, and having at its apex a lengthy-pointed 

 membranous ligule. Joints smooth. Inflorescence vellowish 

 brown, compound panicled. Panicle upright, spreading when 

 in flower. Branches slender, elastic, rough; mostly in clusters 

 of three or five. Spikelets small, acute, numerous, on foot- 

 stalks. Calyx of two glumes, the exterior one being destitute 



