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ARU'NDO* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. TmA'NDRiAf, Digy'nia. 
Natural Order. Grami'ne.e, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 28. — Sm. Gram, 
of Bot. p. 86. ; Engl. FI. v. i. p. 71 — Lindl. Syn. p. 293. ; Introd. 
to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 292. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 393. — Loud. 
Hort. Brit. p. 542. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 294. — Hook. Brit. FI. 
(4th ed.) p. 426. — Gramina, Linn . Graminales; sect.FESTU- 
ciNjE ; type, Avenace.® ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 359 & 369. 
Gen. Char. Panicle branched, loose. Spikelets (fig. 2.) from 
3- to 6-flowered. Florets (see figs. 2 & 3.) in 2 rows, distant, not 
bearded ; lowest floret with stamens only, the rest with both stamens 
and pistils. Rachis (see fig. 2.) beset with long silken hairs. 
Calyx (fig. 1.) of 2, membranous, unequal, keeled, awnless glumes, 
shorter than the florets, the lower much shorter than the upper. 
Corolla (fig. 3.) of 2 unequal, membranous palece ; the lower very 
long, sharp pointed, and twice or thrice the length of the upper 
one. Filaments (see fig. 3.) 3, hair-like, about the length of the 
calyx. Anthers cloven at each end. Germen (see fig. 4.) inversely 
egg-shaped. Styles (see fig. 4.) 2, short. Stigmas (see fig. 4.) 
feathery, densely tufted. Scales (fig. 5.) 2, smooth, large, em- 
bracing the germen. Seed ( cariopsis. Rich.,/ oblong, loosely covered 
by the corolla. 
Distinguished from other genera, with loose panicles, in the same 
class and order, by the 3- to 6-flowered calyx of 2 unequal glumes ; 
and the corolla of 2 very unequal palese, all, except the lower and 
imperfect one, with a tuft of hairs at their base. 
One species British. 
ARU'NDO PHRAGMI'TES. Hedge Reed. Common Reed. 
Bank-side Reed. Loch Reed. 
Spec. Char. Panicle spreading. Glumes acuminate, coloured, 
ribbed, about 5-flowered. Leaves spear-shaped, tapering to a fine, 
almost hair-like, point. 
Engl. Bot. t. 401. — Knapp’s Gram. Brit. t. 95. — Graves’ Brit. Grasses, t. 114. — 
Linn. Sp. PI. p. 120. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd edit.) p. 53. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. I. 
p. 454. — Leer’s FI. Herb. p. 45. t. 7. f. 1. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 144. ; Engl. FL 
v. i. p. 168. — With. (7th edit.) v. ii. p. 196. — Lindl. Syn. p. 310. — Hook. Brit. FL 
p. 52. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 106. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 50. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. 
p. 25. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 12. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 78. — Relh. FI. Cant. 
(3rd edit.) p. 47. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 27. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 17. — FI. Devon, pp. 
13 and 121. — Johnst. FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 29. — Winch’s FI. of Northumbl. and 
Durh. p. 8. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 31. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 58. — Murr. Nort. FI. 
p. 45.— Dick. FI. Abred. p. 25. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 100. — Luxf. Reig. FI. p. 10.— 
Cow. FI. Guide, p. 22. — Mack. Catal. Pl.Irel. p. 16. ; FI. Hibern. p. 313. — Arundo 
vallatoria, Ray’s Syn. p. 401. — Johns. Ger. p. 36. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 128. 
Arundo vulgaris, Selieuchz. Agrost. p. 161. t. 3. f. 14. D. — Phragmites com- 
munis, Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 264. 
Localities. — In marshes, wet ditches, and about the margins of lakes, rivers, 
&c. ; common. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. A Spikelet. — Fig. 3. A single Floret. — Fig. 4. Germen 
and Pistils.— Fig. 5. Nectary, or Scales.— Fig. 6. Seed .— All a little magnified. 
* From areo, arendo ; soon becoming dry. Withering. 
f See folio 56, note t. 
