494 
98. gkaminEjE. 
3. A. setdcea (Huds.) ; pan spreading drooping at the end, 
1. filiform, awn from near the base of the pale and exceeding 
it, pedicel of second fl. quite equalling \ its length, ligule linear- 
lanceolate. — Sy. E. B. 1733. A. uliginosa Weihe. Desch. dis- 
color R. & S. — St. erect, slender. L. folded. Sheaths smooth. 
—Wet turfy bogs. P. VIT. VIII. E. S. I. 
** Lower pale bifid. Ifut adnate to the pales, furroived on the 
hack. No rudiment of a third flower. Aieopsis Fries. 
4. A. caryophyl'lea (L.) ; 2)an. spreading triply forked, spike- 
lets rounded below, awn from below the middle of the pale and 
extending considerably beyond its attenuate deeply bifid tip. — 
E. B. 812. P. 24. Avena Koch.— St. 6—12 in. high. L. short 
and narrow. Sheaths roughish from below upivards. Spikelets 
small, rounded below, chiefly collected at the ends of the 
branches which are sometimes divaricate with seed. — [4. agnregata 
(Jord.) lias numerous st. and spikelets clustered at the ends of the pan.-br. 
A. muUiculmis (Dum.), an allied form with the second fl. stalked, is also reported 
as British.] — Dry gravelly places. A. V. E. S. I. 
5. A. proRcox (L.) ; pan. spikelike oblong, spikelets scarcely 
rounded below, awn from below the middle usually near the 
base of the pale and extending considerably beyond its attenuate 
deeply bifid tip.— B. 1296. P. 25. Avena Koch.— Height 
1 — 6 in. Pan. close, oval or oblong. L. very narrow. Sheaths 
smooth. — Dry and sandy places. A. IV. V. E. S. I. 
28. Teise'tum Pers. em.., Kunth. 
1. T.flaves'cens (Beauv.) ; pan. much branched diffuse equal, 
gl. very unequal about 3-flowered. P. 54. E. B. 952. T. 
praten'se (Pers.). Avena L. — St. about a foot high. Radical 
1. and sheaths hairy. Spikelets yellowish. Upper gl. oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminate. Floral axis hairy, hairs short. — [var. 
variegatum (Aschers.) is a mountain form with dark violet gl.] — Fields. 
P. VII. E. S. I. 
29. Ave'na Linn, em., Kunth. Oat. 
* Upper gl. 5 — 9-veined. Spikelets ultimately drooping. Root 
annual. No lateral clusters of leaves. L. alike on both sides. 
1. A.fat'ua (L.) ; pan. erect, spikelets of about 3 fl., fl. falling 
short of the gl. hairy at the base, lower pale bifid at the end. — 
E. B. 2221. P. 37.— Height 3 feet. Fl. with long fulvous 
