PL end. ph. 10. GRAMlNEiE. 47. Elymus. 9S 
Culm erect, 2 feet high, striated, bald, leafy at bottom ; 
leaves spreading; sheaths ribbed, rather bellied; ligula 
small, crenulate ; spike about 2 in. long, blunt, close set ; 
Jlowrets mostly perfect, bearded ; beards twice as long as 
the flowret ; locust ce subpedicelled, twoflowered, often only 
oneflowered, as long as the spathelles. 
VII. 48. LOLIUM. Pliny. Darnel 
Locus tee sessile, 1-glumed ; terminal locusta 2-glumed ; 
glumes opposite ; lower spathelle pointed at the tip, or with 
a bristle ; upper spathelle membranous, 2-cut, toothed ; 
lodicule 2-teethed ; teeth unequal; ovary rather 3-sided; 
stigmata feathered ; cariopsis husked, furrowed. — Rachis 
jointed, toothed, spiked; spike compound. 
1. Lolium perenne, Lasting darnel 
Spike beardless; locustce longer than the glume; root 
perennial. 
Lolium q. Gramen loliaceum, angustiore folio et spica, Raii Syn. 395,2. 
Lolium rubrum, Ger. em, 78. 
Lolium rubrum, sive Phoenix, Park. 1145. 
Lolium perenne, Lin. S . P. 122. 
Ray-grass. Red, darnel. Crap . 
Meadows, pathsides, and cultivated ; perennial ; June. 
Culm a foot high ; leaves deep green ; spike nearly erect, 
2-rowed, compressed ; rachis bent alternately to take in the 
locustae; locustce alternate, erect, ovate, compressed, many- 
flowered ; glume of one spathelle, lanceolate, not bearded, 
smooth, sometimes viviparous. 
0. tenue. Locustce few-flowered. 
Lolium tenue, Lin. S. P. 122. 
Leaves and spike thin ; locustce 3 or 4 -flowered, not much 
compressed, yet longer than the glume. 
In barren soils. 
y. paniculaium. Spike branched at bottom. 
Lolium q. Gramen loliaceum paniculatum, Raii Syn. 39 5,3. 
Phoenix multiplici spicata panicula, Park. 1146. 
£. compositum . Spike compound, very short, 7 to 
9-flowered, compressed, crowded. 
e. viviparum. Glume and glumelle changed into leaves. 
L purpurascens . Locustce purplish green. 
