ENGLISH BOTANY. 
dense. Spikelets spreading, nari'owly oblong, with the sides straight 
and parallel towards the apex. Glumes truncate, terminating in an 
erect scabrous awTi, about half as long as the glumes; keel ciliated 
with long stiff hairs, the cilia ceasing a little way below the awn. 
Lower pale 3-ribbed. Rudimentary floret absent. 
Var. a, geniiinum. 
Plate MDCCVI. 
P. pratense and P. intermedium, Jord. Bor. Fl. du Centre de la Fr. ed. iii. Vol. H. 
p. 693. 
Eek'h. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. I. Tab. CLXXIX. Fig. 482. 
Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2759. 
Stem erect, scarcely geniculate and rarely swollen at the base. 
Leaves broad- Spike thick, long, cylindrical. Glumes pale greenish, 
with a darker keel. 
Yar. 0, nodosum. 
Plate MDCCVIL 
BeicJi. Ic. 1. c. Tab. CLXXIX. Fig. 453. 
Phlenm nodosum, Lmn. Spec. Pl. p. 88. 
P. prjEcox and P. serotinum, Jord. Bor. Fl du Centr. de la Fr. ed. iii. Vol. II. 
p. 693. 
Stems more or less decumbent below, geniculate and often swollen 
at the base. Leaves rather narrow. Spikes slender, usually more 
or less fusiform or ovoid. Glumes nearly white, with green keels, 
and often slightly tinged with pui-ple. 
Common, and universally distributed in England and the south of 
Scotland. More rare in the north, and probably mtroduced in the 
Hebrides, Orkneys, and Shetlands. Not abundant in Ireland. Var. 3 
in dry places, common; but I do not possess specimens from any 
county north of Fife, though this is no reason for supposing that it 
does not occur further north. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer. 
^ ar, CL has the stems 18 inches to 3 feet high, or even more, the 
longest stem-leaves 4 inches to 1 foot long by f to 1 inch broad. 
Panicle 2 to 6 inches long. Glumes, exclusive of the' a-ss-n, i- inch 
long. Anthers usually purple. 
Var. 3 has the stem 4 to 20 inches long, the longest stem-leaves 
1 to 3 inches long by J- to ^ inch broad. Panicle f inch to 2 inches 
long, and much more slender than that of var. a, but though the 
