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The Flora of Wiltshire. 



the taller grasses of the meadow. Leaves narrow, flat, hairy on 

 both sides, roughish to the touch. Ligule very short. Spike dense, 

 1 inch to 2 inches long", nearly cylindrical. Fertile flower of the 

 central spikelets, with an awn about equal to it in length ; lateral 

 spikelets barren. Glumes of all three bristle-shaped, rough. 



2. H. murinum, (Linn.) Wall or Mouse Barley, or Way-Bennet, 

 Engl. Bot, t. 1971. Tarn. Gr. t, 10. 



Locality. Waste ground, by walls, and road-sides, A. Fl. June, 

 July. Area, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Recorded in all the Districts. Stems 

 tufted, decumbent tit the base, 1 foot or more in height, but more 

 frequently 5 or 6 inches only. Leaves more or less rough and hairy, 

 their sheaths inflated. Spike dense, about 2 inches long, often 

 slightly nodding. Fertile flower terminating with an awn consider- 

 ably longer than itself, lateral spikelets barren. Glumes narrow, 

 lanceolate, ciliated, terminating in a long, straight, rough awn. 

 This can scarcely be mistaken for H. pratense, it may be recognized 

 by the root not being perennial. 



Lolium (Linn.) Rye-grass, 

 Linn. CI. iii. Ord. ii. 



The derivation of the name of this grass is supposed to be from 

 (laion), Gr. corn ; and (oloon), Gr. injury, in allusion to the poisonous 

 qualities attributed to Lolium temulentum. 



1. L. per xnne (Linn.) perennial or beardless Rye-grass. Engl. 

 Bot. t. 315. Tarn. Gr. t. 65. 



Locality. In meadows, pastures, cultivated fields, road-sides, and 

 waste places. P. Fl. June. Area, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Recorded in all the 

 Districts. Stems several, 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves dark green, 

 smooth, striated. Sheaths nearly as long as the leaves. Ligule 

 short, acutely auricled at each side. Spike nearly erect. Bachis 

 smooth. Glumes linear, lanceolate. Palea nearly equal. Florets 

 linear oblong nerved. This plant has the aspect of Trificum repens, 

 from which it is at once distinguished by the single-valved glume, 

 and the relative position of the spikelets and rachis. ft. anstatum, 

 lower pale with a long awn,is not unfrequently observed in clover fields. 



2. L. temulentum /3 arvense, (With.) (short awned annual Darnel.) 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1125. Parn. Gr. t. 142. Grows sparingly amongst 

 corn in the Monkton Farleigh Avenue. {District 4.) 



