398 
97. GEA3riNE>E. 
3. A.Jkxudsa (L.) ; pan. spreading triply forked with wav^' 
branches, 1. very narrow subsetaceous, awn from near the base of 
the pak and extending considerably beyond its tip, pedicel of the 
second fl. less than j of its length, lig-ule truncate.— i^. B. 1519. 
P. 107. — St. erect, slender, about a foot high. L. solid, nearly 
terete. Upper sheaths rough from above downwards. Lower 
pale notched at the tip. — Heathy places. P. VII. E. S. I. 
** Lower pale bifid. Nut adnate to the, pales, "furroxoed on the 
back." No rudiment of a third flower. Aibopsis Fries. 
4. A. cari/ophi/l'lea (L.); pan. sp reading triply forked, spike- 
lets rounded below, awn from below the middle of the pale and 
extending considerably beyond its attenuate deeply bitid tip. — 
E. B. 812. P. 24. Avena Koch.— St. (>— 12 in. high. L. short 
and narrow. Sheaths roiighish fro^n below upicards. Spikelets 
small, rounded below, chiefly collected at the ends of the 
branches. — Dry gravelly places. A. VI. E. S. I. 
5. A. pra 'cox (L.) ; pan. spikelike oblong, spikelets scarcely 
roimded below, awn from below the middle usuaUj' 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. veiy narrow. — Diy and 
sandy places. A. IV. V. E. S. I. 
28. Trise'tttm Pers. 
1. T.flaves'cens (Beauv.); pan. much branched diffuse equal, 
gl. very imequal about 3-fiowered. — P. 54. Avena Sm., E. B. 
952. — St. about a foot high. Radical 1. and sheaths hairy. 
Spikelets yellowish. Upper gl. oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. 
Floral axis haiiy, hairs short.— Fields. P. VH. E. S. I. 
\T. suhspicdttim (Fr.) ; pan. spikelike ovate cylindrical dense. 
" m alpibus Angliae. " Anders. 69. Should be looked for. I can- 
not obtain information from Sweden.] 
29. Ave'na Linn. Oat. 
'* Upper gl. 5 — Q-veined. Spikelets ultimately drooping. Root 
annual. No lateral clusters of lea ves. 
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.— Heights feet. Fl. with long fulvous hairs 
at their base by which it may be distinguished from A. sativa, 
the cultivated Oat.— Corn-fields. A. VII. Wild Oat. E. S. I. 
t2. A. strigdsa (Schreb.) ; pan. secund, spikelets of about 2 fl., 
fl. equalling the gl., lower ending in 2 long straight briMles. 
