204 LOLIUM PEREXXE. 



basal floret five-ribbed, membranous, and shorter than the 

 glume. Filaments slender. Styles brief. Stigmas plumose on 

 the upper side. Anthers cloven at either extremity. Length 

 from fifteen to twenty-four inches. Root perennial and fibrous. 



Flowers in the middle of June, and ripens its seed at the 

 commencement of July. 



Var. Angustifolium. — Tall and slender; leaves narrow and 

 long. 



Var. Racemosum. — Having the spikelets pedunculated. 



Var. Tenue. — Dwarf, with spikelets of three or four florets. 



The specimen illustrated was gathered at Highfield House. 



