SPECIES V.-AGRO ST IS VULGARIS. Wth. 
Plate MDCCXXI. 
BlUot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsice. Xo. ;34h5. 
Subca^spitosc, with or ^^-ithout stolons. Steins erect or ascendiiis", 
rarely rooting at the base. Leaves all fiat; sheaths quite smooth, the 
uppermost one not more than twice as long as its leaf; ligule quadrate, 
entire. Panicle oblong-conical, lax, open during and after flower- 
ing; panicle-branches rather long, generally longer than the inter- 
nodes of the rachi^. slightly rough, all bare of florets at the base for 
about half their length. Glumes broadly elliptical-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, the lower one a ver}- little longer than the upper, scabrous on 
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