Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow Foxtail-Grass 
ALOPECURUS Lin. Gen. PI. Tri andFia Digynia. 
Cal. 2- valvis Cor. i -valvis. 
Rati Syn. Gen. 27. Herb.® grAminifoli* flore r. perfecto culmiFer*. 
ALOPECURUS frttenfis culmd fpicato ereao, glrnnis villofis; corollis muticis. Lia. Sy/l. Vivetal. «•, 
93. op. PI. p.^88. Fl. Suec. 20. * * 
ALOPECURUS fpica ovata. Haller. Hijl. n. 1539. 
GRAMEN phalaroides majus five italicurii. Bank. pin. 4. 
GRAMEN alopecuroides majus. Ger.emac.i 6 . 
GRAMEN phalaroides majus. Parkins. 1164. 
GRAMEN alopecuro fimile glabrum cum pilis longiufcults in fpica onocorddn mihi deifornirnitum. /. B 
T % n ‘rP' 39 6 - The raoft common Foxtail-grals. Hudfion. Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 27; 
L'ghifoot FL Scot. p. 9 1. Schreb. Gram. i 33 . t. i 9 .f. i. P 1 
kADIX perennis, fibrofa* fibris pallide fufcis. 
I ROOT perennial and fibrous, the fibres of a pale brown 
CULMI fefquipedales, bipedales, et haud infrequehter ! STALKS a foot and a half 
tripedales, erefti, teretes, ftriati, laeves, ad| 
Uafin purpurei, radicantes. 4 
two feet, and not unfre- 
quently three feet high, upright, rouild, finely 
grooved, fmooth, at bottom purple, and til- 
FOLIA palmaria, feu fpithamea, fcnlim in acutum mu- | LEAVES a hand’s breadth or fhort fpan in length gra- 
cronem terminata glabra, ftnata parte fuperna | dually tapering to a point, fmooth, ftriated, if 
et ad margmes fl digit, deorf urn ducantur. drawn backward Herds the fingers feeling 
alpera, lmeam unam cum dimidia communiter f rough on the upper fide and on the edges, com- 
aut duas fere lata. Vapnx float* toves,. in f monly a line and a half or almoft two in 
fupenore parte culmi inflatae. Mcmlrana bre-| breadth. Sheaths ftriated, fmooth, on thd 
Vis, obtula. I upper part of the ftalk inflated. Membrane 
. ¥ fhort and blunt. 
SPICA fefquiunciahs, biuncialis, duas etiam nonnun- \ SPIKE an inch and a half, two inches, and fometimes 
quam cum dimidia uncias longa, duas trefque* even two inches and a half long, and two or 
lineas lata, teres, cylindracea, obtufa,, mollis. | three lines broad, round,, cylindrical, blunt and 
% foft. 
SPICULE umflor®, compreflfe, utrinque ciliatae, ner- T SPICULE one flower in each, flat, each fide edged with 
volte, mucronato-tridentat®, Jig. 1. | hairs, ribbed, flightly tridentate, the middle 
t point longeft, Jig. 1 . 
CALYX : Gluma bivalvis, uniflora, valvulis fubaequali - 1 CALYX : a Glume of two valves, containing one flower- 
bus, ovato-lanceolatis, concavis, compreflis, the valves nearly equal, ovate and pointed flat* 
■ „ T ll , inervib , us .’ nervis Pilofis, Jig. 2. I tened, three-ribbed, the ribs hairy, fig 2 
COROLLA umvalvis , valvula concava, longitudine caly- J COROLLA of one valve, the valve hollow, the length 
cis, albida, fubdiaphana, fuperne nervis tribus | of the calyx, whitiih, fomewhat tranfparenr- 
viridibus miignita, anftata ; arijla calyce du- 1 marked on the upper part with three green 
pio fere longiore, dorfo valvul® verfus bafin | ribs, and bearded ; the beard or awn almoft as 
mlerta, fig. 3. | long again as the calyx, inierted into the back 
t of the valve towards the bale, fig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta tria, capillaria. Anthers | STAMINA : three capillary Filaments. Anther* 
oblongs, utrinque bifurca;, plerumque purpu- * oblong, forked at each end, for the moft part 
raicentes, demum ferrugine®, fig. 4. | purplifh, finally ferruginous, fig. 4. ‘ 
PISTILLUM: Germen ovatum, minimum. Styli | PISTILLUM : Germen ovate,' very minute. Styles 
duo, villofi, reflexi, calyce longiores. Stic- t two, villous, reflexed, longer than the glumes 
mata fimplicia, fig. 5. I of the calyx. Stigmata Ample, fig. c. 
SEMEN. ovatum, minimum, glumis tedium, fig. 6, 7. * SEED ovate, very minute, covered by the glumes,^. 6, 7. 
In a former number of this work, containing the Fefiucafiuitans , we gave a copious extract from that excellent 
work on Grafles, the Befchreibung der Gra/er of Profeflor SchrebFR : we now prefen t our readers with an abridged 
account from the fame author of another grafs, apparently of much greater confequence in agriculture. 
The Meadow Foxtail-grafs is chiefly an inhabitant of the northern part of our moderate zone, being found 
abundantly in moft parts of Germany, Holbud, France, England, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and^Rullia. 
Profeflor Gmelin has alio found it plentifully in Sibiria. 
Though the grafles in general are not fo ftrongly attached to particular fituations as many plants are, yet they are 
always more abundant, and iuperior in goodnels, in feme one kind of ground than another. The Meadow Fox-tail 
loves a meadow ground fomewhat low, and moderately wet, with a good foil, though it will- alfo grow in dry, and 
even in quite wet ground ; yet, in the firft, it remains poor, fmall, and difappears by little and little, while in 
the latter, other grafles are apt to overpower and fupplant it. 
In 
