92 47. Elymus. 10. GRAMINEiE. PLe?id.pk. 
hairy; ovary bearded; stigmata feathered; cariopsis husked, 
farrowed.- — Rachis jointed, toothed, spiked; spike simple; 
locustce crowded. 
a. Locust a more than 2-flowered . Elymus. 
1. Elymus arenarius . Sand lymegrass. 
Spike erect, close; locustce mostly 3 -flowered, downy; 
in two rows in the top and bottom of the spike, in three 
in the middle ; scarcely shorter than the ciliated glume ; 
Jlowrets awnless ; leaves involute, stiff. 
Elymus arenarius, Lin. S. P. 122. 
Hordeum villosnm, Moench Meth. 199. 
Sandy sea-shores ; perennial ; July. 
Root creeping; culm 4 feet high, upright, stiff; leaves 
upright, firm, glaucous; lignla very short, crenulate; spike 
about 7 in. long, subcompressed, closely set. 
2. Elymus geniculatus. Bent lymegrass . 
Spike loose, first erect, afterward bent and drooping; 
locustce 3 or 4-flowered, pubescent, lower ones remote; 
spalhelles , short, smooth ; leaves involute, stiff. 
Elymus geniculatus, Curtis JBr. Gr. 46. 
Culm 6 feet high, slender; leaves very narrow; spike 
IS in. to 2 feet long, fiowrets remote, so that the rachis is 
visible, the lower fiowrets at a great distance from one 
another ; rachis bent twice, so that the tip hangs perpen- 
dicularly down; spathelles half as long again as the lo- 
custse, smooth ; locustce 4-flowered. 
b. Locustce 2-flow ei'ed. Cuvieria. 
3. Elymus P europceus . Europe lymegrass*, 
Spike erect ; locustce in threes, 1 or 2-flowered, bearded, 
rough ; spathelles linear, awlshape, bearded, as long as the 
locustm ; leaves flat, smooth ; sheath hairy. 
Gramen secalinmn majus sylvaticum, liaii Syn. 392,3. 
Gramen secalinmn maximum. Park. 1144. 
Elymus europeeus, Lin. Mant. 35. 
Hordeum sylvaticum, Buds. FI. Jngl. 51. 
Tritieum sylvaticum, Salisb. Prod. 27. 
Secale villosum, Buds. FI. ed. 1 , 46. 
Cuvieria European, Kosl. Grain. 328. 
Great wood rys-grass . 
Woods on chalky soils; perennial; Jnne^ 
