530 cvn. graminejE. [ Alopecurus . 
2. A. pratensis L. ( Meadow F.) ; culm erect smooth, panicle 
cylindrical obtuse, glumes lanceolate acute hairy united at the 
base, awn twice the length of the glumella. E. B. t. 759 : 
Pam. Gr. t. 4. 
Meadows and pastures, common, y. 5,6. — An excellent grass 
for cattle. Culm 1 J to 2 ft. high. Panicle of a yellow-green colour, 
with suvery hairs. Glumes and glumellas much ciliate, and, as in all 
the species, remarkably compressed. 
3. A. bulbdsus L. ( tuberous F.) ; culm erect smooth, panicle 
cylindrical acuminate, glumes acute slightly hairy free, awn 
twice the length of the glumella. E. B. t. 1249: Pam. Gr. t. 
76. 
Salt-marshes in the east and south of England ; rare. In Cardiff 
marshes, Wales. If.. 5 — 7. — The inflorescence, though very dense, 
is not a true spike. The pedicels mostly bear single flowers, but often 
another very small abortive one. Glumes entirely distinct to the 
base. It is difficult to point out in words how this differs from 
A. pratensis ; at the same time Mr. Bentham prefers uniting it and , 
A. fulvus to the next species. 
4. A. geniculatus L. ( floating F.) ; culm ascending bent at 
the joints smooth, panicle cylindrical obtuse, glumes united at 
the base obtuse slightly hairy and fringed, awn twice as long as 
the glumella and inserted near its base, anthers linear. E. B. t. 
1250 : Pam. Gr. t. 5. 
In pools, and wet and marshy places, sometimes on dry ground. 
y. 5 — 8. — Anthers linear as in the rest of the genus, except in the 
next species. We are informed by Mr. H. C. Watson that Mr. 
Mitten found in July 1854 at Albourne Place, near Hurstpierpoint, 
a form which he calls A. pronus, and which he distinguishes from 
A. geniculatus (with which it was growing) by “barren stems short 
with subopposite leaves, fertile ones procumbent sprawling, ligule 
short truncate jagged, spikes thicker more spindle-shaped, glumes 
more acute.” Of this we have not seen specimens : there is however 
in the above character nothing sufficiently positive to indicate it 
either as a distinct species or well-marked variety. 
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5. A. fulvus Sm. (Orange -spiked F.) ; culms ascending bent 
at the joints smooth, panicle cylindrical obtuse, glumes united at 
the base obtuse slightly hairy and fringed, awn the length of 
the glumella and inserted near its middle, anthers oval short. 
E. B. t. 1467 : Pam. Gr. t. 5. A. geniculatus Host Gram. 
Aastr. ii. t. 32. 
Ponds and ditches. Near Birmingham; Norwich ; Essex; Surrey; 1 
Wrexham. Angus and Fifeshire. y . 7. — Closely allied to A. 
geniculatus, but the awn is inserted higher up, and is much shorter, 
and the spike is more slender and paler. Anthers orange-coloured. 
6. A. alpinus Sm. ( Alpine F.) ; culm ascending smooth, pa- 
