Alopecurus praTensis* Meadow Foxtail*GrasS« 



ALOPECURUS Lin. Gen. PI. Triandria Digynia. 



Cal. 2-valvis Cor. i-valvis. , 



Rail Syn: Gen. 27. He^b.^ graminifoli^e flore imperfecto culmiferje; 



ALOPECURUS pratenjis culmo fpicato ere&o, glumis villofis, corollis muticis. Lin. Svft. Vegetal. t»i 

 93 . Sj>. PI. p.|88. Fl. Suec. 20. 



ALOPECURUS fpica ovata. Hallen Hi/?, n. 1539. 



GRAMEN phalaroides majus five italicum. Bank pin. 4; 



GRAMEN alopecuroides majus. Ger.emac. 10. 



GRAMEN phalaroides majus. Parkins. 11 64. 



GRAMEN alopecurd fimile glabrum cumpilis longiufculis in fpica oriocordcin rhihi denominatum. I. B. 

 II. Rail Syn. p, 396. The moft common Foxtail-grafs. Hudjon. Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 2ji 

 Lightfoot Fl. Scot. p. 91. Schreb, Gram. 133. /. 19. f. 1. 



RADIX Derennis, fibrofa,. fibris pallide fufcis. |ROOT perennial and fibrous, the fibres of a pale browii 



I colour. 



CULMI fefquipedales, bipedales, et haud infrequenter ¥ STALKS a foot arid a half, two feet, and not unfre- 

 tripedales, erecti, teretes, ftriati, laeves, ad| quently three feet high, upright, round, finely 



baiin purpurei, radicantes. ■% grooved, fmooth, at bottom purple, and til- 



| luring. 



FOLIA palmaria, feu fpithamea, fenfim in acutum mu- 1 LEAVES a hand's breadth or fhort fpan in length, gra- 

 cronem terminata, glabra, ftriata, parte fuperna | dually tapering to a point, fmooth, ftriated, if 



et ad margines fi digiti deorfum ducantury drawn backward acrofs the fingers feeling 



afpera, lineam unam cum dimidia communiter? rough on the upper fide and on the edges, com- 



aut duas fere lata. ^ Vagince ftriatae, laeves, in | monly a line and a half or almoft two iri 



fuperiore parte culmi inflatae* Membrana bre- 1 breadth. Sheaths ftriated^ fmooth, ori the 



Vis, obtufiu J upper part of the ftalk inflated. Membrane 



\ fhort and blunt. 



SPICA fefquiuncialis, biuncialis, duas etiarn nonnun- | SPIKE an inch and a half, two inches, and fometimes 

 quam cum dimidia uncias longa, duas trefque % even two inches and a half long, and two or 



lineas lata, teres, cylindracea, obtufa, mollis. | three lines broad, round, cylindrical, blunt and 



I foft. 



SPICULtE uniflorae, compreflas, utrinque ciliatae, ner- 1 SPICULE one flower in each, flat, each fide edged with 

 vofae, mucronato-tridentatae, jig. 1. | hairs, ribbed, flightly tridentate, the middle 



% point longeft, jig. 1 . 



CALYX: Glutna bivalvis, uniflora, valvulis fubaequali- 1 CALYX : a Glume of two valves, containing one flower* 

 bus, ovato-lanceolatis, concavis, compreflis, % the valves nearly equal, ovate and pointed, flat- 



trinervibus, nervis pilofis, jig. 2. | tened, three-ribbed, the ribs hairy, jig. 2. 



COROLLA univalvis, vahula concava, longitudine caly- | COROLLA of one valve, the valve hollow, the length 

 cis, albida, fubdiaphana, fuperne nervis tribus | of the calyx, whitifh, fomewhat tranfparent, 



viridibus infignita, ariftata ; arijla calyce du- 1 marked on the upper part with three green 



plo fere longiore, dorfo valvulae verfus bafin t ribs, and bearded ; the beard or awn almoft as 



inferta, jig. 3. | long again as the calyx, inferted into the back 



f of the valve towards the bafe, jig. 3. 



STAMINA: Filamenta tria, capillaria. Anthers | STAMINA : three capillary Filaments. Antherje 

 oblongae, utrinque bifurcae, plerumque purpu- % oblong, forked at each end, for the moft part 



rafcentes, demum ferrugineas, jig. 4. | purpliih, finally ferruginous, jig. 4. 



PISTILLUM: Germen ovatum, minimum. Styli ^PISTILLUM : Germen ovate, very minute. Styles 

 duo, villofi, reflexi, calyce longiores. Stig- % two, villous, reflexed, longer than the glumes 



mat a fimplicia, Jig. 5. | of the calyx. Stigmata fimple, jig. 5. 



SEMEN ovatum, minimum, glumis tectum, jig. 6, 7. \ SEED ovate, very minute, covered by the glumes,_/ro-. 6, 7. 



In a former number of this work, containing the Fejlucajluitans> we gave a copious extract, from that excellent 

 work on Grafles, the Befohreibung der Graj'er of Profeflbr Schreber : we now preie'nt our readers with an abridged 

 account from the fame author of another grafs, apparently of much greater confequence in agriculture. 



The Meadow Foxtail : grafs is chiefly an inhabitant of the northern part of our moderate zone, being found 

 abundantly in moft parts of Germany, Holland, France, England, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Ruffia. 

 ProfefTor Gmelin has alio found it plentifully in Sibiria. 



Though the grafles in general are not fo ftrongly attached" to particular fituations as many plants are, yet they are 

 always more abundant, and fuperior in goodnefs, in fome one kind of ground than another. The Meadow Fox-tail 

 loves a meadow ground fomewhat low, and moderately wet, with a good foil, though it will alfo grow in dry, and 

 even in quite wet ground ; yet, in the firft, it remains poor, fmall, and difappears by little and little, while, in 

 the latter, other grafles are apt to overpower and fupplant it* 



