142 85. Alopecurus. 10. Gil A MINERS. Pl.end.pk, 
&. minor. Small , brown; spike short. 
Gramen myosuroides minus, spica breviore, arislis recurvis, Raii Syn. 
397 , 2. 
b- Spathelles soldered at the base ; keel ciliated ; 
awn long. 
2. Alopecurus pratensis . Field foxtail. 
Spathelles acute, villose ; awn longer than the spathelles ; 
spike cylindrical, obtuse ; peduncles branched, many flowered ; 
culm upright, smooth ; root fibrous. 
Gramen alopecuroides q. Gramen alopecuro simili, glabrum cum pilis 
longiusculis in spica, Onocordon mihi denominatum, J. Bauhin, Raii Syn. 
396,1. 
Gramen alopecuroides majus, Ger. em. 10. 
Gramen phalaroides majus sive Italicum, forte etiam Gramen phala- 
roides spica molli sive German i cum, C. Bauhin, Park. 1164. 
Alopecurus pratensis, Lin. S. P. 72. 
Common foxtail grass. 
Fields and pastures ; perennial ; May. 
Culm 2 feet high, thick, very smooth ; leaves broad, 
long ; sheaths smooth ; ligula short, blunt ; spike 2 or 3 in. 
long, whitish. 
0. hiatus. Spike much lobed. 
3. Alopecurus alpinus. Alpine foxtail. 
Spathelles rather acute, villous ; awn as long as the spa- 
thelles; spike ovate; peduncles branched, manyflowered ; 
culm upright, smooth; root creeping. 
Alopecurus alpinus, Eng.Bot . 1126. 
Alopecurus ovatus, Knapp Gram. 15. 
Scotch Alps; perennial; June and July. 
Culm 1 foot high, upright; radical leaves linear, slender; 
stem-leaves short, broad, acute ; sheaths long, bellied ; ligula 
short; spike blunt, whitish. 
c. Spathelles free j keel ciliated . 
4. Alopecurus hullosus . Bullous foxtail. 
Spathelles acute, villose; awn longer than the spathelles; 
spike cylindrical, attenuated ; culm upright, bulbose at bot- 
tom. 
Gramen myosuroides nodosum, Raii Syn. 397, 3. 
Alopecurus bulbosus, Lin. S. P. 1665. 
Alopecurus geniculalus j6, Huds. FI. Angl. 27. 
Salt-water marshes; perennial; July. 
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