Pl.end.ph. 10. GRAMINEiE. 49. Agropyrurn. 95 
Graraen caninum, q. Gramen maritimum, spica loliacea, foliis pungent 
tibus Plukenet, Raii Syn. 391,4. 
Triticum junceum, Lin.S. P. 128. 
Triticum glaucum, Re Cand. Syn. FI. Gall. 1662. 
Bromus truncatus, Scopolt FI. Cam. 121. 
Agropyrurn jiinceum, Pal. de Beauvois. 
Sea-shores, on the sands ; perennial ; July. * 
Root creeping ; culm purplish at bottom, naked top and 
bottom, leafy in the middle ; leaves glaucous, very smooth 
underneath, rough on the upper face ; ligidce Very short ; 
spike upright, 1 inch long ; spaihelles boatshape, furrowed* 
blunt. 
/3. crassum. Leaves less acute, convolute ; spike thick. 
Gramen caninum q. Gramen loliaceum supinum, spica crassiore Tourne* 
fiortii, Raii Syn. 391, 5. 
y. foliosum. Spike leafy. 
Gramen caninum maritimum, spica foliacea, Raii Syn. 391, 6. 
2. Agropyrurn caninum . Dogs ’ wheatgrass . 
Glume with a short awn, 3 to 5-ribbed, mostly 5-flowered; 
Jlowrets bearded ; root fibrous, perennial. 
Gramen caninum aristatum, radice non repente, sylvaticum, Raii Sun, 
390, 2. 
Elymus caninus, Lin. S. P. 124. 
Triticum caninum, Huds. Fl.Ang. 58. 
Festuca nutans, Moench Meth. 191. 
Agropyrurn caninum, Pal. de Beauvois. 
Bearded dcg-grass. 
Woods and hedges in chalky soils ; perennial ; July. 
Root not creeping ; culm 2 feet high ; leaves ribbed, 
green, rough on both faces ; sheaths smooth ; ligula. very 
short ; spike 3 or 4 in. long, rather upright, then drooping, 
loose; lower locustce often double, the rest alternate; spa - 
thelles equal, 3 or 5-ribbed, opposite ; awns purplish, as 
long as the spathelle, or longer ; spathellules ciliate. 
3. Agropyrurn cristatum . Crested wheatgrass . 
Glume 3 to 5-flowered, awned; locustce lanceolate, im- 
bricate ; culm pubescent. 
Triticum cristatum, Schreb. Gram. 12. 
Bromus crisiatus, Lestib. Anvers. 339. 
Agropyrurn cristatum, Rcem. Sys. Veg. 758. 
Rocks by sea-side; perennial; July, August. 
Root creeping; culm upright, 18 in. high, procumbent 
at bottom, and taking root ; leaves erect, close, striated ; 
sheaths smooth ; ligula short, truncate; rachis white, alter- 
nately toothed ; locustce, compressed ; pale green, 3 to 
5-flowered ; spathelles with short awns ; spathellules 5-rib- 
bed : Jlowrets crowded so as to depress each other. 
