WILD FLOWERS: Sedge Vernal-grass Mat-Fox-tail-Canary-Sea-reed. SOWERBY, 1890


'Fig. 1461. C. Stictocarpa. Dotted-fruited Sedge; Fig. 1462. C. Paludosa. River Sedge; Fig. 1463. C. Riparia. Great River Sedge; Fig. 1464. C. Laevigata. Smooth-beaked Sedge; Fig. 1465. C. Vesicaria. Short-spiked Bladder Sedge; Fig. 1466. C. Ampullacea. Slender-beaked Bladder Sedge; Fig. 1467. C. Hirta. Hairy Sedge; Fig. 1468. C. Filiformis. Slender-leaved Sedge; Order CVI. Gramineae. Genus 1. Anthoxanthum. Fig. 1469. A. Odoratum. Sweet Vernal-grass; Genus 2. Nardus. Fig. 1470. N. Stricta. Mat-grass; Genus 3. Alopecurus. Fig. 1471. A. Pratensis. Fox-tail-grass; Fig. 1472. A. Alpinus. Alpine Fox-tail-grass; Fig. 1473. A. Agrestis. Slender Fox-tail-grass. Black Bent; Fig. 1474. A. Bulbosus. Bulbous Fox-tail-grass; Fig. 1475. A. Geniculatus. Floating Fox-tail-grass; Genus 4. Phalaris. Fig. 1476. P. Canariensis. Canary-grass; Fig. 1477. P. Arundinacea. Reed Canary-grass; Genus 5. Ammophila. Fig. 1478. A. Arundinacea. Sea-reed. Marram; Genus 6. Phleum. Fig. 1479. P. Pratense. Cat's-tail-grass; Fig. 1480. P. Alpinum. Mountain Cat's-tail-grass'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: John Sowerby. Provenance: "British Wild Flowers"; Illustrated by John E. Sowerby, by C. Pierpoint Johnson, Published by Gurney and Jackson, London. Type: Antique engraved print with original hand colouring.


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