1000 



THE GRASS FAMILY. 



to 8 flowers. Glumes all nearly similar, 

 the outer pair empty, the upper ones 

 gradually smaller. 



In meadows and pastures, throughout 

 Europe and Russian Asia, except the 

 extreme north. Common in the greater 

 part of Britain, but becoming scarce 

 in the north of Scotland. Fl. early 

 summer. 



Fig. 1215. 



2. Lesser Quakegrass. Briza minor, Linn. (Fig. 1216.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1316.) 



An erect annual, from 2 or 3 inches 

 to near a foot high, with shorter and 

 broader leaves than the common Q., and 

 much longer ligules. Panicle like that 

 of the common Q., but more branched 

 and still more slender, the spikelets 

 more numerous, smaller though rather 

 broader in proportion, seldom attaining 

 2 lines in length. 



In fields and waste places, in southern 

 Europe, and eastward to the Caucasus, 

 extending up the west coast of Europe 

 to the English Channel. In Britain, in 

 the southern counties of England, and 

 has been occasionally found near Cork 

 and Kinsale in Ireland. Fl. summer, 

 rather early. 



Fig. 1216. 



