402 
Graminete. 
— Spikelets arranged in a dense spiciform panicle, whitish 
with 2 green streaks on each side. Glumes with a winged 
keel. — Cultivated (to feed canaries). 6 f canariensis L. 2392. 
621. Hierochloa. Holygrass. Ill, 53. 
1. Spikelets in a spreading panicle, brownish yellow.— 
Water-sides, very rare; near Zurich (on an island in 
the Limmat between Altstetten and Hongg) and near 
Einsiedeln. 4, 5 . . borealis R. Sch. 2393. 
622. Anthoxanthum. Anthoxanth. II, 13. Ill, 32. 
1. Spikelets arranged in a loose spiciform panicle. PI. when 
dry, giving off a scent of woodruff.'—b. olpinum Gaud. 
(longearistatum Celak?). Ls glabr.; awns much longer. 
(Alp. and descending to the plains in Tess )—Meadows, 
pasturages; everywhere. 4 . . odoratum L. 2394. 
623. Alopecurus. Fox-tail. Ill, 29. 
1. Spiciform panicle narrowed at both ends. Glumes very 
shortly ciliate on the keel. — -Fields of the Swiss plateau. 6 
agrestis L. 2395. 
- — Spiciform panicle cylindric, obtuse ... 2 
2. Glumes united almost to the middle. Stems erect, or 
only jointed-ascending at the base, 40—100 cm .—Damp 
meadows; not common and partly only introduced (want¬ 
ing in T. W.). 5 pratensis L. 2396. 
— Glumes only united by the base. Stems prostrate at 
the base, then jointed-ascending, or floating (in the 
water). Type of A. geniculatus . ... 3 
3. Spikelets 3 mm, obovate. Anthers light brown after flower¬ 
ing.—Marshy ditches; not everywhere (wanting in G. T. 
L ). 5.geniculatus L. 2397. 
— Spikelets 2 mm, oblong-elliptic (slightly contracted above). 
Awn inserted about the middle of the glumella, not, or 
scarcely, exceeding the glumes. Anthers orange-yellow 
after flowering. — As the last; fairly distrib. 5 
fulvus Sm. 2398. 
624. Phleum. Cat’s-tail-grass. Ill, 32. j 
1. Spiciform panicle thinner above, showing, when bent, 
a lobed ramification. Spikelets with a rudimentary second 
fl. in the form of a small pedicel placed at the base of 
the upper glumella. Chilochloa . . . 2 
— Spiciform panicle obtuse, remaining cylindric when bent. 
Spikelets without a second rudimentary fl. . . 4 
2. Glumes wedge-shaped, almost horizontally truncate, 
thickened at the top, the keel rough-tubercular. Ann. 
pis. Stems 15 — 25 cm, lower than in the following, leafy 
