GRAMINEiK. 



975 



Panicle 2 to 3 inches long, of a pale 

 whitish colour or sometimes reddish. 

 Outer glumes about 2 lines long, obtuse, 

 but often bearing a short point just be- 

 low the tip. Lowest flowering glume 

 awnless, smooth and shining ; the upper 

 one thinner, its awn seldom reaching 

 the length of the outer glumes. 



In meadows, pastures, and waste 

 places, throughout Europe and probably 

 Russian Asia, except the extreme north, 

 One of the commonest British Grasses. 

 FL all summer. 



Fig. 1183. 



2. Soft Holcus. Holcus mollis, Linn. (Fig. 1184.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1170. 



Very near the common U., and by 

 some considered as a mere variety. It 

 is not generally so downy, although the 

 hairs on the joints are rather more 

 conspicuous, the spikelets are larger, 

 the outer glumes taper to a fine point, 

 and the awn of the upper flowering 

 glume usually projects beyond the outer 

 ones. 



In similar situations with the common 

 jET., and with nearly the same geogra- 

 phical area, but much less common. 

 Generally distributed over Britain, but 

 certainly not abundant, and in some 

 parts very rare. Fl. summer. 



Fig. 1184. 



XXI. CYNODON. CYNODON. 



Spikelets 1-nowered, awnless, sessile along one side of the simple, 

 spike-like branches of the panicle, which all proceed from nearly the 



