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TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Phalaris. 
P. canarien'sis. Panicle nearly egg-shaped, spike-like ; husks keeled, 
hairy : nectaries two: calyx double. 
Ludw. 117— Schreb. 10. 2— (E. Bot. 1310. E.)— Matth. 919— Trag. 669— 
Ger. 80. l—C.B. Th. 534>—Dod. 510— Lob. Ohs. 26. 1 —Ger. Em. 86— 
Park 1163. 1— J. B. ii. 442. 2— H. Ox. viii. 3. row 3. 1— Spike, Mont , 
44— Frudif. Leers 7. 3. 
{Seeds egg-shaped, compressed, shining. FI. Brit. E.) Valves of the calyx 
with two green ribs on each side, and much larger than the blossom. 
Within these are two small, white, membranous valves, not more than 
half the length of the blossom. Bloss. the larger valve hairy, the other 
only so along its back. Nectary two, fleshy, concave, pear-shaped sub¬ 
stances on the outside the base of the blossom. (One to two feet high, 
somewhat glaucous, brown at the joints. E.) 
Bird Canary Grass. (Welsh: Pefr-wellt amaethawl. E.) Road sides 
and uncultivated ground. New’s Wood, adjoining to Malvern. Mr. 
Ballard. Ballast hills of Tyne and Wear. Winch. Guide. On the 
borders of fields behind St. Clement’s, near the Parks, Oxford. Mr. 
Baxter, in Purt. Road side between Tyfry and Penmynydd, Anglesey. 
Welsh. Bot. E.) A. June—Sept.* 
P. phleoAdes. Panicle cylindrical, spike-like, smooth ; here and 
there viviparous. 
{E. Bot. 459. E.)— FI. Dan. 531— Viviparous floret, Scheuch. 2. 5. C. 
mke pale, divisible into lobes. So exactly resembling some of the Phleums, 
that it may be easily mistaken for one of that genus ; but the spike when 
examined and pressed w T ith the fingers, separates, and proves to be a 
panicle; and the Husks are not notched at the end. Flowers different 
from those of the Phleum. Intermediate between Phalaris, Plileum, and 
Alopecurus. Linn. A stiff awn-like thread rises from the base of the 
inner valve, one-third of its length, analogous to that of Arundo arenaria. 
St. Never found any of the florets viviparous. Woodw. From ten to 
fifteen inches high. Panicle from near two to three and a half inches 
long, thick as a goose quill. (Readily known by the stems being of a 
shining purple where naked. Glumes purplish. Radical leaves continue 
in tufts through the winter. Sm. E.) 
Cat’s-tail Canary Grass. (P. phleoides. Linn. Willd. Sm. FI. Brit. 
Pleum Boehmeri. Schrad. Sm. Eng. FI. E.) High, dry, and sandy soil, 
rare. First discovered in Great Britain by Mr. Woodward and Mr. 
Crowe, Near Swaffham, Norfolk, in 1780. (Barrington Hill, near Hil- 
dersham, Cambridgeshire, in great abundance. Relhan. On Chippen¬ 
ham Park wall, Cambridgeshire. Rev. J. Hemsted. E.) 
P. June—July.t 
(P. arundina'cea. Panicle upright, with spreading branches: flowers 
crowded, leaning one way. E. Bot. 
* It is often cultivated for the seeds, which are found to be the best food for the 
Canary, and other small birds. It nourishes the Coccus phalaridis, not properly a 
native, but is become naturalized, though originally from the Canary islands. (Tn 
the Isle of Tlianet the widely extended crops of this elegant grass make a beautiful 
appearance in the month of July and August. It is a great impoverisher of the soil, 
and not suitable to general purposes. E.) 
t A grass of insignificant produce, and has been proved unworthy of cultivation. E.) 
