Gramme*. Conifer*. 
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almost exclusively among flax, but not everywhere. 6 
limcolum A. Br. 2553. 
— Glumes gen. longer than the spikelet. FIs gen. awned, 
6—10mm long. Stem stouter, 50—100 cm. Type of L. 
temulentum ........ 6 
6. Awns straight, strong, longer than the glumella.—Among 
corn; distrib. 6 temulentum L, 2554. 
— Awns wavy, feebler, and shorter than the glumella. 
Stem gen. paler. L. album Huds.?—Varied: Stem and 
sheaths smooth (L. arvense With.) or rough (L. robustum 
Rchb.).—As the last, and confused with it. 6 
speciosum Bieb. 2555 
OBS. Hybrid : L. italicum-perenne. 
666. Nardus. Mat-grass. Ill, 16. 
1. Spikelets arranged in a narrow, unilateral spike. Spike- 
lets subulate, awned. PI. forming a dense tuft.—Pas¬ 
turages and peat-moors, especially of the mount, and 
subalp.; distrib. 5. stricta L. 2556. 
OBS. Among the cultivated pis of this family !,may be mentioned Zea 
Mays L. and Sorghum vulgare Pers. 
122. Ooniferae. 
667. Ephedra. Ephedra. XXII, 3. 
1. Small leafless shrubs, dioecious, with opp. branches. 
Resembling some species of Equisetacese. Male catkins 
sessile; fern, catkins peduncled, transformed at maturity 
into false red berries.—Rocky places; W. (Sion, Saillon, 
Fully). 4, 5 . . . helvetica C. A. Mey. 2557. 
668. Taxus. Yew. XXII, 5. 
1. Ls distichous (as in Abies pectinata), acute, yellowish 
green underneath.—Woods; fairly distrib. 4 
baccata L. 2558. 
669. Jumperus. Juniper. XXII, 5. XXI, 4. 
1. Ls of 2 forms: some scale-like, small, rliomboidal, im¬ 
bricate in 4 rows; the others more acicular, lanceolate- 
subulate, spreading and more or less distant. False 
berries supported by a curved peduncle which is shorter 
than the berries themselves. (The J. virginiana L. is 
very similar and often cultivated in shrubberies, its 
false berries are supported by an erect peduncle which 
is as long as the berries).—Alp. and subalp. 4, 5 
Sabina L. 2559. 
