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apex, 2-ribbed. Lodiciiles 2, bifid. Stamens 3. Stigmas 2, terminal, 
sessile, phimose, protruded at the sides of tlie florets, between the basal 
margins of the pales. Caryops glabrous, ovoid, with a narrow furrow 
on the inner face. 
The name of tliis genus of grasses is derived from tlie Greek words Kopvrt}, a club, 
SPECIES L-CORYNEPHORUS CANESCENS. r,J. de Beanv. 
Plate MDCCXXIX. 
FeicJi. To. n. Germ, ct Kelv. Yol. T. Tab. XCIV. F\<r. 178. 
Billot, PI. Gall, et Genn. Exsicc. No. 91. 
Aira cane^cens, Liu,. Engl. Hot. ed. i. Xo. 1190 ; aii<l Enirl. El. Vol. I. p. Id.",. 
MooJc.jU. Stud. PL p. 437. 
Perennial. Stems fascicidatc, usually geniculate at the base. Radi- 
cal leaves densely fasciculate, very numerous, setaceous, very rough, 
glaucous. Panicle oblong-lanceolate and open during flowering, after- 
wards closed, narrowly oblong, and lobed ; ])anicle-])ranclies short. 
Awn a little shorter than the glumes, its terminal portion filiform, 
gradually dilated upwards until at the apex it becomes nearly as 
broad as the lower portion. 
()n sandy coasts. Very rare. The only places in r>ritain where 
there can be no doubt that it occur'^ are r.owotofr Dene-, in Suffolk, 
and Yarmouth Denes, Norfolk, 'in Jer-^ey it occurs on the ()uenvai>, 
and on the sands of St. DreLuIe's and St. Aubin s P>:iv>. It has been 
reported from the counties of Somerset, Dorset, Kent, an<l Xottinir- 
ham; the last almost certainly erroneously, and the others recpiiring 
confirmation. 
England. Perennial. Summer. 
Plant growing in loosf ly cohering but verv dense tufts, with innu- 
merable fascicles of .^h?n(h'r setaceous radical leaves, i to 3 inches 
long, very glaucous, with purplisli sheaths. Flowering stems 2 to 9 
inches high, witli a few short leave:-. Upper .<]!cat]i much longer than 
its leaf, wiiich is mrdv more than incii Ion- wirli a long lanceolate 
Mcmeiigule. Paul, le to 2^, inclie> lonL^ >pucelets inch Ion j. 
<.bniies nearly crpuil. t-Uiut'Cai-IanciM^hirc. aciimintite, longer than the 
liorets, -ihvry wiut*.-. wiih ;i green or j.-urp!t' AmU^ on each side of the 
keel wh^n in flower, afterward.- wiiollv vellowi-h-white. Axis h-rrv 
beneath the florets, the secr,nd one a litrle eh-vated above the lowj^? 
A^^^l from about the middle of the lower |,.ale. diviricd into two nearlv 
equal portions by a ring of hairs at about the level of th<; apex of' tiie 
lower pale; the lower jiorrion thick, the nppt^r verv slender at the 
