GKAMINEiK. 



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1. Timothy Phleum. Phleum pratense, Linn. (Fig. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1076. Timothy- grass. Cafs-tail.) 



A perennial, 1 to 3 feet high ; the 

 leaves rather soft, although rough on 

 the edges. Spike (or spike-like panicle) 

 cylindrical and very compact, from 1 to 

 3 or even 4 inches long, with very nume- 

 rous small spikelets. Outer glumes 

 about a line long, with broad, scarious 

 edges, truncate at the top; the green 

 keel slightly cilia te and projecting into 

 a point shorter than the glume itself. 

 Flowering glume entirely included in the 

 outer ones and closely covering the pa- 

 lea; the stamens and styles protruding 

 from the top. 



In meadows and pastures, in Europe 

 and Russian Asia, from the Mediter- 

 ranean to the Arctic region. Abundant 

 in Britain. Fl. early summer, and often 

 again in autumn. 



Fig. 1152. 



1152.) 



2. Alpine Phleum. Phleum alpinum, Linn. (Fig. 1153.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 519.) 



Perennial like the last, but usually of 

 much lower stature ; the sheaths of the 

 upper leaves very loose or inflated. 

 Spike ovoid or oblong, seldom an inch 

 long, usually assuming a purplish hue. 

 Outer glumes truncate as in the Ti- 

 mothy P., but the keel lengthened into 

 an awn, varying from 1 to 2 lines in 

 length. 



In alpine pastures, in northern and 

 Arctic Europe, Asia, and America, and 

 in the mountain-chains of central and 

 southern Europe, the Caucasus and 

 Altai, reappearing in Antarctic America. 

 In Britain, only in the higher Scottish 

 mountains. Fl. summer, 



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Fig. 1153. 



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