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PH A' LA 111 S* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. TRiA'NDRiAf, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Grami'neve. Juss . — Lindl. Syn. p. 293 ; 
Tntrod. to Nat. Syst. p. 292. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 393. — Sir 
J. E. Smith’s English Flora, v. i. p. 71. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) single flowered, of 2, nearly equal, 
compressed, keeled valves (glumes), whose straight inner margins 
meet. Corolla of 2 equal, cartilaginous, downy, awnless valves, 
(paleae), accompanied at the base by 1 or 2 small, spear-shaped 
pointed valves of other imperfect flowers (fig. 2). Nectaries , two 
equal, egg-shaped, thin scales (squamulae). Filaments 3, hair-like. 
Anthers oblong. Germen egg-shaped. Styles very short. Stigmas 
long and feathery. Seed egg-shaped, closely invested with the 
hardened corolla, which does not open. Inflorescence more or less 
compound, though often apparently a simple spike. 
Distinguished from other genera of Graminece with a panicled in- 
florescence, by a single-flowered calyx of 2 upright, boat-shaped, 
awnless valves, and a corolla of 2 awnless, equal paleae, each with 
a scale at its base. 
Two species British. 
PHA'LARIS CANARIE'NSIS. Cultivated Canary-grass. 
Spec. Char. Panicle egg-shaped, resembling a spike. Calyx- 
glumes boat-shaped, entire at the point, accompanied by the single 
valves of 2 other florets. 
Eng. Bot. t. 1310. — Host’s leones et Descriptiones Graminium Austriaco- 
rum, v. ii. p. 28. t. 38. — Schreber’s Beschreibung der Graser, t. 10. f. 2. — 
Knapp’s Gramina Britannica, t. 3. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 23 — Sm. 
FI. Brit. v. i. p. 62. Engl. FI. v. i. p. 74. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 142 — 
Lindl. Syn. p. 300. Hook. Brit. FI. p. 28. — Gray's Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 140. — 
Mart. FI. Rust. t. 17. — Leers’ Flora Herbornensis, p. 17. t. 7. f. 3*. — Sinclair’s 
Hortus Gramineus W'oburnensis, p. 19. f. 4. and p. 399. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. 
p. 33. — Purl. Midi. FI. v. iii. p. 7. — Hook. FI. Scot, p 23. — Grev. FI. Edin. 
p. 14. — Johnson’s FI. Berwick, v. i p. 18.— FI. Devon, pp. 11 & 120. — Walk. 
FI. of Oxf. p. 16.— Phalaris major , semine albo, Dill, in Ray’s Syn. p. 
394. — Phalaris, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 86. 
Localities.— Naturalized in waste places, by road-sides, and on dunghills. — 
Oxfordshire ; Behind the Observatory, Oxford : Dr. Sietiior i>, in FI. Oxon. 
Borders of fields behind St. Clement’s, and by the side of the Banbury road 
between Oxford and Summer Town : W. B. — Devonshire; Between Exmouth 
and Lympstone, on the lower road : Rev. J. Jervis, in FI. Devon. — Northum- 
berland ; On the Ballast Hills of Tyne and Wear : Mr. Winch. — Wanvick- 
shire ; Near Rugby, on the road to Bilton. — Worcestershire ; New’s Wood, 
Fig. 1 . The 2-valved Calyx, the valves a little separated to show the Corolla, 
the 3 Stamens, and 2 Pistils. — Fig. 2. The Calyx removed, showing the Corolla 
with 2 spear-shaped valves or abortive Florets at its base. — Fig. 3. The Seed. — 
Fig. 4. The same, showing the Embryo at the base. — Fig. 6. Embryo and its 
cotyledon separated from the Albumen. — Fig. 5. The Embryo separate. — All, 
except fig. 3, more or less magnified. 
* From p halos, Gr. shining ; Canary-seed being very glossy. Dr. Hooker. 
t The 3rd class in the Artificial System of Linna.us, comprehending all 
those plants which have perfect flowers, with 3 distinct stamens in each. 
