PI* end'ph, 10. GRAMINEJE. 88. Vilfa. 147 
Agrostis tenella, Hofftn. Germ » 3, 1, 36 ? 
Agrostis divaricata, Hoffni. Germ . 3, 1, ST. 
Agrostis capillaris, Wiild. S. P. 1, 369. 
Agrostis vulgaris tenella, Gaud . Agr. Helv. 84. 
Agrostis vulgaris seminuda, Knapp Gram. 115. 
Fields and meadows ; perennial; July. 
Culm 2 feet long ; leaves slender ; panicle pyramidical, 
large ; peduncles rather rough ; locustce pale ; style falling 
off. 
pumila . Culms 2 in. high, in tufts; cariopsis long, 
covered with a dust (ustilago ?) style remaining. 
Agrostis pumila, Lin. Mant. 1,31. 
Agrostis vulgaris y, Smith FI. Brit. 97. 
Agrostis divaricata; var. Hoffm. Germ. 3, 1,37. 
In barren ground. 
XLVIII. 89. AGROSTIS. Theophrastus. Fiorin . 
Spathelles alternate, membranous, longer than the spa- 
thellules, nearly equal or lower largest ; lou er spathellule 
2-cut at the tip, lobes often nicked, awned below the middle ; 
awn plaited, twisted ; upper much shorter, 2 or 4-cut, 
toothed ; lodicule obovate, not nicked, smooth ; style short, 
2-parted ; stigmata villous ; cariopsis free, not furrowed. 
— Panicle branched more or less, contracted or effused. 
1. Agrostis canina . Dogs fiorin. 
Spathelles nearly equal ; tip of the outer serrate ; of the 
inner smooth ; panicle upright, spreading ; peduncles hair- 
like, three-forked ; pedicles upright ; locustce ovate, crowded ; 
awn twice the length of the spathellule ; culm upright. 
Agrostis canina, Leers Herb. 21. 
Agrostis vulgaris ; var. Smith FI Brit. 79. 
Agrostis capillaris; var. Fill. Delph. 2,73, 
Fields; perennial; July. 
Culm 18 in. high, branchy at bottom, smooth ; stem^leaves 
rough ; ligula truncated ; panicle 3 in. long, coloured ; pe- 
duncle naked at bottom, smooth ; locustce coloured. 
2. Agrostis laxa . Loose-panicle florin . 
Spathelles nearly equal ; tip of the outer serrate, of the 
inner smooth ; panicle spreading ; peduncles hairlike, three- 
forked ; pedicells spread ; locustce ovate, spread ; awn twice 
as long as the spathellules; culm upright. 
Agrostis vulgaris y; var. Smith FI. Brit. 80. 
Fields; perennial; July. 
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