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ENGLISH BOTANY. 
Var. a, genuina. 
A. caryophyUea, Bor. Fl. du Centr. de la Fr. ed. iii. p. 701. 
Stems few from each root, short. Panicle short, somewhat trian- 
gular; panicle-branches ascending after flowering. Spikelets few, in 
lax corymbs at the extremity of the branches of the panicle. Florets 
both sessile and both awned. 
Yar. /3, patulipes. 
A. paMipes, Jard. Bor. Fl. du Centr. de la Fr. ed. iii. p. 701. 
Stems rather numerous from each root, short. Panicle subtri- 
angular; panicle-branches spreading, divaricate after flowering. Spike- 
h.'ts few, larger than in var. a, in lax corymbs at the extremity 
of the branches of the panicle. Florets both sessile, and both awned. 
Yar. 7, aggregata. 
A. aggregata, Thnemy, and A. plesiantha, Jord. Bor. Fl. du Centr. de la Fr. ed. iii. 
pp. 701, 702. 
Stems numerous from each root, tall. Panicle oblong; panicle- 
branches ascending, erect after flowering. Spikelets numerous, smaller 
than in vars. a and 3, aggregated into rather dense racemes at the ex- 
tremity of the panicle-branches. Florets both sessile, and both awned. 
In drv fields and waste places, and on rocks and banks. Common, 
and generally distributed. The distribution of the varieties I am 
unable to give, having few specimens of A. caryophyllea, which have 
not been collected by myself. I possess var. a from Somerset, Surrey, 
^'oifolk, and Fife; var. jS from Richmond, Yorkshire, collected by 
]Mr. J. Ward; var. 7 from Clackmannanshire, Kincardineshire, and 
(Jrkney. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Summer. 
Stems 3 to 8 inches hish in vars, « and 3, 8 to 16 inches in var, y. 
Leaves .\ to 1 1 inch long ; u])per!iiost >licath >lightly swollen, with 
brr^ad white .-.^'uriuns marizin^. Panicle in var. a and 3 1 to 2 niches; 
in var. 7 1 to 4 hielio^. Spikelets about ^ inch long, rather less in 
v:u'. 7, and rather hirger iu var. p. silvery -grey, slightly tinged with 
purple towarfls tht- tip; the extreme tip of tiie glumes white." Lower 
pale uitiniutely hard, rough with small points, brown. 
The varieties above enumerated pass so insensibly into each 
other, tiiat I should not have noticed them had they not been 
described a.> s[)ccies, not only by M. Jordan, but also by the more 
