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GRAMINEiE. 
attenuated deeply bifid point— E. B. 1296. R. 1675. Par. 25. 
Avena Koch. — Height 1 — 6 in. L. very narrow. Often with 
difficulty distinguished from the preceding. — Dry and sandy 
places. A. IV. V. 
23. Corynephorus Pal. tie Beauv. 
1. C. canescens (Beauv.) ; panicle rather dense elongated, 
glumes longer than the fl. acuminate, awn from near the base of 
the palea, 1. setaceous. — R. 1190. Aira Sm. E. B. 1190.— St. 
tufted, slender, 6 — 8 in. high. L. numerous. Panicle spread- 
ing when in full bloom. Spikelets variegated with purple and 
white. Anth. dark purple. Lower portion of the awn dark yel- 
low, straight, cylindrical, longitudinally striated and slightly 
twisted ; upper part clavate, white tinged with purple. — Sandy 
coasts of Norf., Suff., and Jersey. A. VI. VII. E. 
24. Lagurus Linn. 
1. L. ovatus (L.). The only species. — E. B. 1334. R. 1415. 
— St. 4 — 12 in. high. L. broad, lanceolate. Spikes ovate, soft. 
— Sandy places in Guernsey. A. VI. VII. O. 
25. Trisetum Pers. 
1. T. flavesc&is (Beauv.) ; panicle much branched diffuse equal, 
glumes very unequal about 3-flowered. — Par. 54. Avena E. B. 
952. R. 1694— 1696.— St. about a foot high. Radical 1. and 
sheaths hairy. Ligule very short, obtuse. Spikelets yellowish. 
Upper glume oblong-lanceolate acuminate. Floral axis hairy, 
hairs short. — Fields. P. VII. 
26. Avena Linn. 
* Upper glume 5 — 9-nerved. 
1. A.fatua (L.) ; panicle erect, spikelets about 3-flowered 
drooping, fl. shorter than the glumes hairy at the base, outer pa- 
lea bifid at the end.— E. B. 2221. Par. 27-— Height 3 feet. Fl. 
with long fulvous hairs at their base by which it may be distin- 
guished from A. sativa, the cultivated Oat. — Corn-fields. A. 
VII. Wild Oat. 
2. A. strigosa (Schreb.) ; panicle secund, spikelets of about 
2 fl. drooping, fl. as long as the glumes, outer palea ending in 2 
long straight bristles. — E. B. 1266. Par. 26. — Height 3 feet. 
Very like A. sativa but readily distinguished by the bristles at 
the end of the fl.— Corn-fields. A. VII. 
** Upper glume 3-nerved. 
3. A. pratensis (L.) ; panicle erect with simple or slightly di- 
vided branches,/, erect 3 — 6 longer than the glumes, 1. scabrous. 
