ANTHOXANTHUM. — PHLEUM. 
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2. A. aristdtum (Bss.) ; pan. spikelike lax, gl. much falling 
short of awns, st. many branching from the base.— 4. Puelii 
(Lec. k Lam.), J. of B. xiii. t. 157. — Pan. narrowed to the 
top. St. 6—12 in. high.— Sandy pastures. A. VII.— IX. E. 
9. HiERo'CHLOK R. Br. Holy-grass. 
1. H. odordta (Wahl.); pan. divaricate, pedicels glabrous, 
fl. awnless, 1. flat.—//", horealis (R. & S.). E. B. S. 2641. P. 
31. — About a foot high. Spikelets ovate, brown. — Forfarshire 
(but now lost). Thurso, Caithness. Mr R. Dick. Kirkcud- 
bright. P. V. VI. S. 
Tribe IV. Phleinece. 
10. Phle'um Linn. em. Beauv. Cat 's-tail -grass. 
[P. as'perum (Jacq.) ; l.-sheaths slightly inflated, pan. cylin- 
drical, gl. wedgeshaped truncate swelling upwards, keels rough, 
rudimentary 11. subulate. — E. B. 1077. Probably an escape, 
now lost. A. VII.] " E. 
1. P.pkledides (Simonk.) ; l.-sheaths slightly inflated, pan. 
cylindrical, gl. linear-lanceolate obliquely truncate mucronate, 
keel ciliate above, rudimentaiy fl. subulate. — P. Boehmeri 
(Wibel). E. B. 459. P. 80.— St. leafy below, naked upwards, 
with sterile leafy shoots. Lower pale entire, not awned. 
Anth. linear-oblong. Dry chalky fields, rare. P. VII. E. 
[P. Michelii (All.) was probably a mistake.] 
2. P. arencirium (L.) ; l.-sheaths inflated, pan. oblong, some- 
what narrowed helou\ gl. lanceolate acuminate, keel ciliate 
above, rudimentary fl. subulate minute. — E. B. 222. St. 29. 1. 
P. 7. — St. varymg greatly in height. Lower pale notched at 
the summit, A the length of the glumes. Anth. very small. — 
Sandy places chiefly near the sea. A. V. — VII. E.S.I. 
3. P. praten'se (L. em., Koch) ; l.-sheaths not inflated, /Jan. 
cylindrical, gl. oblong truncate with an awn of less than half 
their length, keel ciliate above, no rudimentary flower. — E. B. 
1076. P. 11 & 78. — Slightly creeping (or slightly tuberous, 
P. nodosum 'L.). Pan. 1 — 5 in. long. Awns sometimes longer. 
Lower pale jagged at the summit. — a. P. pratense (L.) ; st. from 
a prostrate base, 1. broad, pan. usually long, anth. purplish. — 
/3. stoloniferum (Bab.) ; many barren leafy prostrate or erect 
shoots, 1. broad, pan. rather short, anth. purplish. — 7. P.proecox 
(Jord.) ; St. from an ascending base, 1. slender, pan. rather 
short, anth. pale yellow. — Meadows and pastures. P. VI. 
Timothy-grass. E. S. I. 
