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VII. 
M A T W E E D. 
G R A M E N S P A RT EU M. 
THE cup contains but one flower ■ and it is compofed of two valves ; one larger tliiiri tlie otlier, 
and botli pointed, but witliout awns. The flower is compofed of two nearly equal v.llvcs, of 
an oblong form, and downy at,the ends. The ear is broad, and fpreading. 
LinnEus places this among the triandria digyn'm. 
Sea-Matweed. 
Gramen fparteum fpka fecahm. 
The root is a tuft of white fibres. 
The' leaves arc narrow, long, of a bluilh green, 
and fharp. pointed. 
The ftalk is round, jointed, and of a pale 
green. 
The car is large, and whitiHi. 
It is common by our fea-(hores, and flowers 
in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Gramen fparteum fpicatum 
fcliis tnucrcltatis longiorihus. 
There are three other of the mat-ivced grafies 
natives of our kingdom, ditlinguifhed by the 
following characters. 
1. Small Matweed, Gramen fparteum jiinc\]alh:m. 
The leaves rulhy, and the fpike thin and 
bending. 
2. Feathered Matweed, Gramen fparteum pema- 
tum. The ear downy, and refembling a 
feather. 
3. Double- fpiked Matweed, Sparteum Effexianum 
fpka gemma daufa. The ear double. 
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GENUS VIII. 
PANIC GRASS. 
C RA.M E N P A N I C E U M. 
THE cup cont.ains one flower ; and is formed of numerous, very narrow, pointed leaves, varioufly 
inferred : within this Hands a hulk, formed of three valves, one fmallcr than the other. The 
flower is placed within this ; and is compofed of two valves, one larger th.in the other. 
LinnEus places this among the triandria. 
I. Panic Grafs, with a divided Spike. 
Gramea paniciim fpica d'rjfa. 
The root is a tuft of white fibres. 
The llalk is jointed, yellowifli, and flender. 
The leaves are long, and of a pale green. 
The ear is divided into feveral fpreading 
parts. 
The flowers are whicifli. 
It is common in the meadows in Buckingham- 
Ihirc, flowering in April. 
C. Bauhine calls it Gramen pankeum fpica di- 
vifa. 
There are three other panic grajfcs wild with 
us, difiiinguiflied by thefe charatfters : 
1. Panic Grafs, with a fingle, fmooth ear, Gra- 
men pamceum fpica fimphci l^vi. The car 
yellowifh. 
2. Rough-eared Panic Gr^fs, Gramen paniceum 
fpica afpera. The fpikes are loofe, and very 
rough. 
3. Pyramidal-fpike4 Panic Grafs, Gramen pa- 
niceum fcrotinum arvenfe fpica pyrainidata. In 
corn-fields. 
4. Variegated, fpiked Panic Grafs, Gramen pa- 
niceum femins alba phalaris dicltim. Common 
Canary grafs. 
GENUS IX. 
SPIKED OATGRASS. 
GRAMEN AVENACEUM SPICATUM. 
THE cup contains only one flower : it is formed of two valves, and is of a pointed fliape. The 
flower is compofed of two valves ; one terminated by an awn, and larger than the other. 
LinnKUS places this among the trigynia. 
We have only one fpecies of it, refembling the commcn oat in growth. 
I Spiked Hedge Oatgrafs, Gramen avenaceum dumflorm fpicatum. The fpike formed of loofe 
parts. 
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