British grasses and their employment in agriculture . most identical in structure and habitat withA. caryophyllea. It is however usually a smaller plant, and thebranches of the panicle remain close to the main axis. Alopecurus pratensis, L. (Meadow Foxtail.) (Figs. 44, 150.)Abundant in Britain in moist meadows and pastures (see p. 135). A slightly stoloniferous, and entirely glabrous perennial,forming loose tufts of abundant dark-green foliage. Sheathssmooth, split; the lower ones often of a purplish colour near theground, and becoming a dark chocolate colour as they age; theuppermost ones bec


British grasses and their employment in agriculture . most identical in structure and habitat withA. caryophyllea. It is however usually a smaller plant, and thebranches of the panicle remain close to the main axis. Alopecurus pratensis, L. (Meadow Foxtail.) (Figs. 44, 150.)Abundant in Britain in moist meadows and pastures (see p. 135). A slightly stoloniferous, and entirely glabrous perennial,forming loose tufts of abundant dark-green foliage. Sheathssmooth, split; the lower ones often of a purplish colour near theground, and becoming a dark chocolate colour as they age; theuppermost ones become inflated just before flowering, and remain 60 Botanical Section [ft I so afterwards. Blade rolled in the shod, rather thin, broadestjust above its base: acuminate above, and forming roundedcollar-like ledges below where it joins the sheath; both surfacesdull. Ribs on upper surface low, fiat and broad. Ligule variablein length, but always blunt. There is no keel to the sheath buta slight one is present on the lower half of the blade. No Fig. 42. Plants of Aim flexuo?a (left) and Aim caryophyllea (right). About^ nat. size. The photograph is of specimens which had been dried, andthe bent condition of A. fiexuosa is unnatural. Flowers in April and May; culms smooth, 1 to 3 feet high;panicle cylindrical, spike-like, 1-3 inches long. Spikelets on veryshort branches, one-flowered, ovate. Flowers proterogvnous. The seeds consist of the entire ripened spikelets. Empty ch. viiJ Botanical Description of Species 61


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