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3.* A. strigosa (Bristle Oat). — Stems 2 — 3 feet high ; leaves 

 sometimes hairy ; panicle 1 -sided ; spikelets 2-flowered, drooping ; 

 flowering glume smooth, ending in 2 long, straight bristles. — Corn- 

 fields; rare, not indigenous. — Fl. June — August. Annual. 



4. A.fdtua (Havers, Wild Oat). — Nearly allied to the preceding, 

 but stouter ; stems smooth, but with hairy nodes ; leaves rough ; 



av£na fAtua (Havers, Wild Oaf). 



panicle loose, 6 — 10 in. long, spreading ; spikelets 3-flowered, 1 

 in. long, on unequal pedicels, drooping, green ; flowering glume 

 with long, brown hairs outside. — Cornfields ; frequent. — Fl. June, 

 July. Annual. 



25. Arrhenatherum (Oat-grass), of which A. eldtius (False 

 Oat) is the only British species, has a creeping or tuberous root- 

 Stock ; stem 2 — 3 feet high, slender, smooth; leaves rough, flat; 



