A natural history of British grasses . et of thesame length as the calyx. Calyx consisting of two equal-sized sharp membranous glumes, three-ribbed; keel fringed,lateral ribs pale green and hairy. Floret of one palea, havingtwo ribs widely apart on each side, oval, slender, a dorsalawn, which does not extend beyond the palea. Filaments threein number, slender. Anthers roundish, yellowish, short, andnotched at either extremity. Styles brief and united. Stigmasslender and feathery. Stem ascending, joints bent, base pro- ^.; 16 ALOPECURUS FULVUS. cumbent, smooth, having four or five leaves w
A natural history of British grasses . et of thesame length as the calyx. Calyx consisting of two equal-sized sharp membranous glumes, three-ribbed; keel fringed,lateral ribs pale green and hairy. Floret of one palea, havingtwo ribs widely apart on each side, oval, slender, a dorsalawn, which does not extend beyond the palea. Filaments threein number, slender. Anthers roundish, yellowish, short, andnotched at either extremity. Styles brief and united. Stigmasslender and feathery. Stem ascending, joints bent, base pro- ^.; 16 ALOPECURUS FULVUS. cumbent, smooth, having four or five leaves with smooth striated sheaths, uppermost sheath of same length as its leaf, inflated,and having an oblong ligule, which is membranous. Jointssmooth. Leaves acute, flat. Inflorescence panicled. Lengthfrom twelve to eighteen inches. Koot fibrous and perennial. Flowers in June. My thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester,for the specimen figured; it was gathered in Rosthern Mere,Cheshire, a locality in which it is not 17 ALOPECURUS GEXICULATUS. Linnaeus. Koch. Smith. Leeks. Hookek. Paenell. Cubtis. Maetyx. Scheadee. Sinclaie. Ehehaet. PLATE paniceus, Oedee, The Floating Fox-tail Grass. Alopecurus—Fox-tail. Geniculatus—Jointed. A COMMON Grass, rejected by cattle. Mostly found in moistsituations near pools, often floating in the water, yet occasionallyto be met with in dry places, where it is more dwarf in cultivated as an agricultural Grass, the yield is verysmall. It is found in Germany, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden,Lapland, Italy, and in few parts of the United States. It isnot to be found beyond the elevation of two thousand feet. Panicle upright, one to two inches long, cylindrical, compact,having small branches all round the rachis. Spikelets numerous,ovate, upright, one awned floret same length as the calyx. Calyxconsisting of two equal-sized membranous glumes, blunt, joinedat base; lateral ribs hairy; ap
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