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Hab. Common in wet places throughont the Isln n d ._ (P I. Nov.) [v. v.\
DisMtB. New Zealand, and the islands to the sontli of i t ; Fuegia.
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1 n 7 s a t t e T ^ w l e o m e t i l s “ r S a L v e ;
s ¿ : S E S : “ ? = “ r “ 7
' Flora Antaiolica.’ awn.-For observations on tlie varieties of this Grass, see
2 . H ie r o c h lo e b o re a lis (Emm. et Sohnltes); ceespilosa, glaberrima, foliis cnlmo gracili brevioribus
paiuonla brev. ovata panmilora, glnmis coloratis 3-„erv.is floribus snbaequilongrs, palea in f e r i „ r rieea
7 lZ ™ 3Z T ' * ■ “ “ ■
H a b . Top ot Monnt Wellington and other mountains, Frazer, Ounn, A r c h e r .-m Jan )
B is ie ib . New Zealand, Arctic and Alpine Europe, Asia, and North America, as far south as Mexico
A very dislmct-looldng Grass, much smaller thau H. redóle«, with shorter, more strict leaves aud a small
T l ° T \ T • “ “ S". " « ■ 4-8 inches long, strict, ,u",e smo. h
three n l d th" I T Í ’ 7 “ "' “ “ “ ‘™S “ «'c dowers'
an w l r ” 7 7 " " : P“'“ ' " ‘P - “ Ei”» »"d
iu th , 7 ‘" E “ ’ “ "■■‘''I >'>»"“ “ 0« the m iddle .-! had named this G ra s s // Froze,d
m the Flora Antarctica, from Tasmanian specimens gathered by Mr Frazer on Mount Wnllmn-tr, i, * t -a
y e c with Colonel Munro in considering it identical with the / /. ¿orealú, a very common planMn the Arcíic
r e ^ n s , and m the mountams of Northern A.i., Middle and Southern Europe, uud North L e r ic a I t t
greatly m the positiou aud length of the awn. and site of the panicle.
ram ' ' “ " ' ’““ » V “ “ »™ (''»'=■ “ H- Ant.rcl. i. 93, an note); culmis gracilibus elongatis nodosm
r moms, folns scaberulis str.ctis angustí, subsetaceis iiexuosisve, panicula ovala paueiflera, ramis fiexuesis
g um.s mmquabbns subaontis floribus brevioribus, flosculis mutieis obtusis, palo, inferiore glabrata mar)
gimbus ciliatis pubescenlibusve. (G mn , 1467.) (T a b . CLVII. A.)
H a b . Northern part of Tasmania, (Fl. Dec.)
DrsTMB. King George’s Sound and Victoria.
strict'^ ' ‘’7 “ ’’ " “ P " “ ‘ '»“ k'd. Iccff. Netted cnims, 2-3 feet long, its narrow
7 7 r t l ‘T r r , » ' »PÎPcl". ™ 1»«S. »exnons b ran ah o ,-'
no Y ’L ' r c i T j t / “ »p* “ 7 h.ve
and ovary ; - » « mmjiifod. ' ‘ ‘ '‘“ PP™“ ' « " e r ; 4, sqnamulm, stamens,
Gen, V III. ALOPECUEUS, I
cies i s ^ r Z r ' r r t T l *“ Pc”>rtpPcre, but one spe-
!d r Z 7 7 P '“ »“ ’’ “ ■* “ f " " " 7 iu New ZealaL
Z i l T Z “ 7 ■’ P " . cyKedriaal spike.
£ " 7 7 7 “ “ " P '=“ ‘-> »P'‘i’ Peeled, ioiued together he7w. fT o n T T
£ 7 7 Tomm T \ f T "PP” ’ P ' ~ ‘’ » "'-“ to d . three
G » ,a / „ compressed, free, moluded in the hardened glumes aud paleæ. (Name from o W , f , » for, .„ d „up„e. »
1. A l o p e c i a g e n ic u la tu s (Linn.) ; cnlmis oæspttosis basi genienlatis, panienla contraela eylin-
H a b . In a rivuEt, Formosa, Gann. (Common Foxtail Grass of E n gland.)-(F 1. October )
A m e r 7 a " ” A - ^ o rtb
The oulM, .and Uare, quite smooth, the fonner 14-2* feet high, asceudiug. bent below. Fmicle a soft
£ u 7 ; 7 ” ‘™ ‘: r " ^ P 7 >»E’ itaPrteated on a woolly rachis. G l„ e . dowuy and
frmged. Falea with au ,iwii of van.He length inserted at or below tbe middle, sometimes at the base.
Gen. IX . STIPA, L.
^ e u l x 1 floræ, flore stipitate, 2, membnanaeem, florem superantes. Falox 2 eoriaoeæ
cjl.ndraee„.mv„lntæ; inferior aristata; arista simplici tortu, basi cum palea artionlata ; superÉr brevEr'
conacea, 2-no,vis. Sqaamulx 3, carnosæ, ovarii stipiti adnatæ. Anlherx apice plerumque b a l l
Caryop,,, paleis arete iiiv o lu la .-F o liis/ita ia oonvolut,, ; spicuKs
ab f ‘' " “ 7 "SPP wPy. sM'flEg Grasses, conspicuous for tbeir veiy lon> awns
abundant m the temperate aud warmer regions of the globe- rarer in the tronics nr nnM a w V
mixlacMe cbieily in til. long glume, and o.n.oeou. upper paleæ, tbe lower of wbieb is enlire rt a e ' / m i d ” "
™ being;.!,lied on to its sum,nil.-Ze„e. ii.volute, often set.aeeons, smooth, downv, or cfli.ted i..‘ ', 7 l.
tip ate T ’" ’ 7 7 , 7 “ “ ‘» “ I»™», riiiiiing. maol. acuminate. Floret solitaiy
qn ate, downy, viUon. below. P . l„ coriaceous, margins involute; lower with a terminal, twisted awn ■ unpm
sboitor too-nerved Antkr-eem ofteir beurded. S ,«m u le three, attached to tlio st.ilk of the ovarium l e d
oscd m the involute paleæ. (Name from cmm?, toio ; iu aUusion to the feathery awns )
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