AGEOSTIS. — LAGUEUS. 
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acute, lower pale jagged at the top 4-ribbed, kneed and twisted 
awn from below the middle of and exceeding the pale, lower 
1. setaceous tufted, stem.-l. narrow flat, sheaths smooth, ligule 
oblong acute. — ^.^.1856. P. 15. — Trailing leafy shoots. St. 
decumbent below, then erect. L. narrow ; radical involute. 
Pan.-branches long, slender. Fl. green or purplish. Lower 
gl. not jagged at the top ; midrib rough from rather below the 
middle. Upper pale 0, or very minute. Awn sometimes 
very short or rarely [var. miaica (Gaud.) ] absent. — [a mountain form 
with simpler pan. and larger fl. is var. sco(tco{Hack.).] — Peaty heaths. P. 
VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
3. A. nigra (With.) ; pan.-hranches constantb/ erect-patent 
simple heloiv rigid strongly hispid, gl. nearly equal strongly 
toothed in upper half of keel, ligule long truncate. — J. of B. 
XX. t. 227. — Soboliferous. St. erect. Sheaths rather rough. 
Ped. toothed. Fl. awnless (?). Ripe anthers pale, j as broad 
as long.— Borders of fields. P. VII. E. S. 
4. A. tenuis (Sibth.) ; pan. -branches constantly patent 
branched below, gl. nearly equal slightly toothed near top of 
keel, ligule short truncate. — E. B. 1671. — A. vulgaris (With.). 
— St. long, ascending or decumbent below and rooting at the 
knots, sometimes with very long prostrate stoles. Sheaths 
smooth. Pedicels softly hispid. Fl. rarely a^vned. Ripe 
anth. pale, A as broad as long. — p. A. pumila (Lightf.) ; 
caespitose, st. 2 — 3 in. high, fl. often awned usually infested 
with smut. — Rather dry places. P. VII. E. S. 1. 
5. A . palus'tris (Huds.) ; pan. conjmct after flowering, glumes 
nearly equal, lower toothed throughout its keel, ligule long, 
acute. — E. ^.1189. P. 13 & 14. — St. procumbent and rooting 
below, then erect, often with long prostrate stoles. Sheaths 
roughish. Pan. spreading with flowers, afterwards close. 
Pedicels very much toothed. Florets rarely awned. — /S. stoloni- 
fera ; st. procumbent and rooting, panicle lobed. E. B. 1532. — 
[a glaucous seaside form with narrow pan. and short incurved 1. is var. maritima. 
Various other forms with contracted pan. have been named var. coarctata.^ 
Fields <kc. ^. Sea-sands. P. VII. Fiorin-grass. E. S. I. 
22. Lagu'rus Linn. Hare's-taU-grass.. 
[L. ovdtus {!,.).— E. B. 1334. P. 88.— St. 4—12 in. high. L. 
broad, lanceolate. Spikes ovate, soft, with long protruded 
awns. — Sandy places in Guernsey. A. VI. VII.] 
