A natural history of British grasses . dark purple, smooth, long, and narrow. Leaves flat,rough, edges serrated, acute. Inflorescence simple, twelve to fifteen inches. Root fibrous, perennial. 18 ALOPECURUS GENICULATUS. Flowers at the beginning of June, and ripens seed in thelast week in August. The awn in A. geiiiculatus commences slightly above the base,and extends half its length beyond the palea, and the anthersare long; in A. fulvus anthers short, and awn commencing belowthe centre, and not extending beyond the palea. A. genictdatus has a smooth stem, whilst i
A natural history of British grasses . dark purple, smooth, long, and narrow. Leaves flat,rough, edges serrated, acute. Inflorescence simple, twelve to fifteen inches. Root fibrous, perennial. 18 ALOPECURUS GENICULATUS. Flowers at the beginning of June, and ripens seed in thelast week in August. The awn in A. geiiiculatus commences slightly above the base,and extends half its length beyond the palea, and the anthersare long; in A. fulvus anthers short, and awn commencing belowthe centre, and not extending beyond the palea. A. genictdatus has a smooth stem, whilst in A. agrestis it isrough. In A. alpinus panicle short, whilst in A. geniculatus it is long. In A. pratensis upper sheath more than twice the length ofits leaf, whilst in A. geniculatus only of same length as its leaf. This species is subject to variety. My thanks are due to Dr. Wilson, of Nottingham, and toMr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester, for specimens. The illustration is from Dr. Wilsons specimen, which wasgathered in tHALARIS CAKAKIENSIS. VII p. ARUNDINACEA. 19 PHALARIS CANARIENSIS. LiNNJ::tis. Smith. Hookeb. Limdley. Parnell. Xocu. Gbeville. Willdenow. Knapp. Maetyn. ScHRADEn. Leers. Schreber. Sinclair. Sowerby. Hudson. WlTHEEING. VIT. A. The Cultivated Canary Grass. Phalaris—Shining, (from the Greek.) Canariensis—Canarj Island. Phalaris. Limiceus.—Panicle spiked or spreading, with laterally com-pressed spikelets. Two glumes nearly equal in size, upright, membra-naceous. Glumellas two, a^vnless, hairy; outer palea without lateralribs. Leaves broad and flat. Only tAvo British species. Its name is derived from the Greek, in allusion to the polishedappearance of its seeds. This handsome Grass is not strictly a native of Great Britain,yet has now become naturalized in many parts of England andScotland, probably owing to the extensive iise of its seeds forfeeding Canaries and other small birds. It appears to prefer rich ground, and near Beest
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