28 EXGLTSH BOTAXY, 
as long as the pales, somewhat parchmeiitlike, thinly pubescent, pale 
greyish-green, with a dark green stripe on each side of the keel, and 
another parallel to the inner margin extending nearly to the base ; 
keel not winged, cihated (as are also the ribs) with long silky hairs 
throughout. Awn from below the middle of the pales, and about as 
long again as the glumes. Anthers narrowly oblong, yellowish-white 
or purple, changing to orange-brown. 
In meadows and pastures, and by roadsides, &c. Very common, 
and universally distributed. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Early Summer. 
Ca'spitose, producing veiy short stolons, which send up barren 
shoots at a short distance from the ])arent. Stems 2 to 4 feet high, 
rarher stout, the uppermost leaf ultimately at a considerable distance 
below the panicle. Leaves of tlie barren slioots 0 to 18 inches long 
by ^ to ^ broad ; those of the flowering stem shorter, tlie uppermost 
stem-leaf sometimes not more tlian 1 inch long; sheaths smooth; 
ligule blunt, about as long as broad. Panicle 1 to 3 inches long by 
l 'to I inch broad. Spikelets i incli long, exclusive of the awn. 
Professor iiabington states that " in salt marshes tliC base of the 
stem becomes fleshy, and the plant may be taken for A. bulbosus." 
Meadow Foxtail- Grass, 
French, Vvl^.ui ,]>.ii>,-Cs. German, Wleioi-F>ich^,,'hoinz. 
This species is abundant in all nioadovvs. Avhere it is an extremely valuable pasture 
grass, being relished by all cuttle, and yielding a guod crop of stems and foliage ; and 
not so well adapted fur hay a^ fir pa:,ture oti account of the sLms being fevv. ifr. 
Sinclair bllo^^s, iu^hi:, " Ilurtus Grainiueus," that its produce is nearly three-fourths 
early in the snmiuef : indee<]. acci^rdiug to Sinclair, the after math of this grass is 
generally fur s.upcriof in value to the crop cut while it is in flower. 
Some of tl.e be>t raead(ns-s are chiefly composed of the foxtail, ry-e-grass. whitebent, 
formed. This ia a cummon grasb in rich meadows in the Cuited States, liaving beeu 
SPECIES lY.-ALO PEC UK US ALPINUS. Ln 
iorc or long stolons. >iteni 
the base, simple. Leaves 
