seen o 7 7 n " e 7 t r 7 “ “ “ “ «“ “f ¡ ' " S - ■ !>"'
; 7 : t
rom Hie fork. Tbs plant kenee osefflates (like Kingiam) between F e ,t,c and B vom« , or else the specime
sareoftwospee.es s . like os to be almost „ndistingnislrablo, but je t belonging to two diiferent w e n e ,ri-
A tab, stout, haudsume Grass, 2 -4 feet high. .„ d leaves smooth or scabrnl L „ s flat, ribd o o Z o u s
b>7 7 £ v ‘ffirt ! r ° ' ” ” T >-ra«cl...; the lowor br.uebe’s gembate:
0 \ ‘ , ' T * - ■ *» e ig h t.f low e r e d .7w .
1 ,d . she ; I ^ " , »»A tool
l o 7 ' “ 7 ,•'“ “ " 7 " f“ “ “1" -P“ of tbe palea. aeumbate. oblique,;
buecolate hr,obed, 0 » r , glab ro a s.-P to r* CLXV. Kg. 1, sp.kelet. 2. flower; 3, squamalm, stamens, and
of d i t t o * P » ““"I ’ ’ iOtaE oarjopsis from ditto; 8, caryopsis
5. F e n tu o n l i tto r a l is (Lab. H . Nov. HoO. i. 2 2 . t. 2 7 ); glaberrima, culmis emspitosis .„ferae
moms erect., s nctis ng,d,s tol.osis, foliis erectis involutis teretibus ap.cbus pungeut.bns culmo luugio-
I r Z b u “ r k“ " ' “ * ','* “ " oon,p r e s e s i , u l s bnceolatis acumi
i r , 78 T T f T °
r d I o r i-A n ta r c t.,. p . 26. Poa liltoralis, i n i . « . Abo.//„ « . i . 2 2 . f. 27. Arundo trio
d.o.des, Tr,n. Bp.Ora,n. ui. f. 351. Sohcenodorus Bmardierianus, f e e , L « . Journ. I l l
S. httorabs. Fai. Beauv. Agrost. ; Fl. N. Zeal. i. ju. 309. {Ounn, 986.)
Hab. Abundant; rocks and sand-hills near the coast.— (Fl. Nov.) {v. v.)
land’s l l l d ' “ ‘■'“‘" I * “' Ho“ “" ; New Zeaiaud; Lord Auckand
n l Z l T “ - ''" '' ! 7 ' 1- 3 feet high, and leaves perfeetly smooth, glabrous
m t T ' ’‘" t " * '. “ ""I ’’O"- * ““ » “"Olnte, terete, sharp, almost punvent
. r b r l h 1 7 , 1 “ , o rigid rachis, and s ° h l’
f l o l 1 1 1 t 7 ; ' ““’P "™ “- O™-»""“ «“!. W boir long. acuminate, shorter than the
flower:,, which are pubescent. Lower palea sharp, three-toothed at the tip,
Gen. XXV. TEITICUM, L.
V a u t Z T T T t T O " " -" “ « o k b etumx 2, snboppos.tm, inmqnales
submquales. Patex 2 ; superior b.earmata, carinis cUiatis. S ,u a „ .tx 2, inlegrte, smpiu, ciliate
Ooar„„ apice pdosum. Cargofxi, liber, v. paleis a d u a ta .-P o lia plana ; spiente racAi continua cpioatx '■
flonbus rachilla mpius arhculata sessilibus.
Tbs genus, wbeh includes the cultivated Wheat, is found in various part, of tl.e w o r l d . - « » branched a.
he base. Jk » e . flat, ip,iriefr arranged in generali, a dense spike, parallel to the unjointcd rachis, three- lo
man -flowered. two, nearl, cqn.l, i .f r» tw o ; upper with two ciliated kools. Scale two, entire often
cibbed. Ocaxj h an, at the top, free, or with the p.alem adhering to it. (Name originali, given the wheat
oHiin, from tnlum, beaten ; in allusion to the operation of threshing.)
1. T r itic um s c a b rum (Br. Prodr. 178) ; culmis cmspitosrs gracilibus vaginisque tevibus (rarius
scaberulis), foliis planis v. involutis utrinque seabris (rarius lævibus) striatis, spica 2- 10 -flora, spiculis scaberulis
4-8-floris, glumis lanceolatis subæqualibus nervosis palea flosculo duplo brevioribus, palea inferiore
basi lævi enervi superne scaberula caiinata in aristam validam lente recurvam scabridam palea bis terve
longiorem angustata.—/ ’/. N. Zeal. i. 311. Festuca scabra, Lab. Fl. Nov. Holl. i.p . 22. t. 26. Vulpia
Browniana, Nees, in Plant. Preiss. ii. 107, in note. P. scabra, Nees, in Eook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 419.
{Gunn, 993.)
H a b . Common, especially in dry an d sandy places near the sea, etc.— (Fl. Oct.-Dec.) {v.v.)
D is t iu b . Extratropical Australia and New Zealand.
A very common and variable Grass, never attaining so large a sized spikelet, and being generally more scabrid
in Tasmania than in the moister climate of New Zealand.— Culms tufted, slender, 3 inches to 2 feet high, sometimes
capiUary with only one spikelet, varying in such cases just as Festuca bromoides does. Culms aud sheaths
generally quite smooth. Leaves usually very scabrid on both surfaces, 1-4 inches long, flat or involute. Spike 4 -
6 inches long, two- to eight-flowered. Spikelets scabrous, erect, alternate, I-5 -2 4 inches long, including the awns.
Glumes unequal or nearly equal, often very small, sometimes haU' as long as the paleæ (without the awns), lanceolate,
nerved. Lower palea smooth and nerveless below, keeled and scabrid above, produced into a long, rigid,
slightly recurved awn twice or thrice as long as itself.
2. Triticum p ectinatum (Br. Prodr. p. 179) j culmis dense cæspitosis strictis erectis basi foliosis
inferne vaginisque iævibus superne pubescenti-scaberulis, foliis ciliato-scabridis, spica brevi, rachi flexuosa,
spiculis patentibus demum reflexis 3-6-floris, glumis ovato-lanceolatis acumiuatis nervosis parce ciliatis
flosculo 4 brevioribus, palea inferiore ciliata nervosa in aristam rigidam scabram palea breviorem angustata.
—T. Brownii, Kunth, Agrost. 447. Festuca pectinata, Lab. Fl. Nov. Holl. i.p . 21. t. 25. Vulpia pecti-
nata, Nees, in Hook. Lond. Joum. Bot. ii. 419. Agropyron pectinatum, Beauv. Agrost. 101. {Gunn,
999, 1474.)
H a b . Hampshire Hills and Recherche Bay, etc., Gunn.— (Fl. Nov.)
D is t iu b . Victoria.
A remarkable and veiy distinct Grass.—Culms densely tufted aud branched at the veiy base, 4- I 4 foot high,
glabrous and smooth below; upper part pubescent and rough, as is the flexuose rachis of the spike. Sheaths of
the leaves quite glabrous and smooth. Leaves all at the base of the culm, ciliated with rigid, spreading, white
hairs. Spike 2-3 inches long, of eight to fourteen spikelets, which are erect wheu young, spread horizontally
when in flower, and dcflexed in fruit : each is 4 iuch long. Glumes ovate-lanceolate, neived, ciliated, acuminate,
4 shorter than the palea. Florets three to six, spreading, ciliated with long white hairs, rigid. Lower palea
strongly nerved, narrowed into a rigid, scabrid, sharp awn.
3. Triticum velutinum (Nees) ; totum molliter pubescens v. velutinum, culmis cæspitosis basi
foliosis, foliis brevibus, spica pauci-6 - 8 -flora, spiculis subconfertis breviusculis erectis 8-floris, flosculis
patulis scaberulis, glumis nervosis subæqualibus ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis paleis brevioribus, palea inferiore
nervosa in aristam brevem subulatam angustata.—Agropyrum velutinum, Nees, in Hook. Lond. Journ.
Bot. ii. 416. {Gunn, 770.)
H a b . Middlesex Plains and Surrey Hills, Gunn.—(Fl. Jan.)
D is t iu b . Alps of Victoria.
Very distinct fi-om either of the former species.— 4 -1 4 foot high, strict, erect, stout, wholly covered, as
are the leaves on both sides and their sheaths, with soft down. Leaves at the base of the cnlm short. Spikes short,
1 4-3 inches long, of four to six broad, erect spikelets, which are rather crowded, aud 4 inch broad. Glumes
ovate-lanceolalc, acuminated, shorter than the florets, which are about eight, and spreading. Lower palea nerved,
scabrid, ending in a short, rigid, black awn.
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