. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. ALOPECURUS. 139 4. Alopecurus alpinus, Sm. Alpine Foxtail. Root creeping, fibrous ; sterns erect, ten to fifteen inches high; leaves flat, acute, rather broad, somewhat rough at the edges; sheaths loose ; ligules obtuse ; panicle erect, short, oblong, silky; spikelets erect, numerous, closely im- bricated ; outer glumes equal, acute, three-ribbed, hairy; flowering glume ribbed, awned; awTn often wanting, but when present slender and extending one-third of its length beyond the glume; filame
. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. ALOPECURUS. 139 4. Alopecurus alpinus, Sm. Alpine Foxtail. Root creeping, fibrous ; sterns erect, ten to fifteen inches high; leaves flat, acute, rather broad, somewhat rough at the edges; sheaths loose ; ligules obtuse ; panicle erect, short, oblong, silky; spikelets erect, numerous, closely im- bricated ; outer glumes equal, acute, three-ribbed, hairy; flowering glume ribbed, awned; awTn often wanting, but when present slender and extending one-third of its length beyond the glume; filaments hair-like, notched at each end; styles united, short; stigmas long and feathered. The short panicle, scarcely measuring one inch in length, distinguishes this Mountain Foxtail from all others of its family. Its stems partake, in a slight degree, the habit of the Marsh Foxtail; that is, they incline to the decumbent style of growth at first, and then bend upwards at the joints. But this species at- tains the erect form much more quickly than the other, and the stems are never prolonged to any consider- able extent. observed, when noticing this grass in its hillside homes, that the root- leaves were often cropped by the mountain sheep, but the culms were left standing; and from this he naturally inferred that the foliage pleased the taste of those ani- mals much more than the stems. It flowers in July, and ripens its seed the following. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plues, Margaret. London : Reeve & co.
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