ALOPECURUS Linn. Gen. Pll T riandria D ig yn ia .
Cal. 2-vaIvis. Cor. i-valvis.
RanSyn, Gen. 27. Hk r b a g ramin ifoli.« n o n imferfecto culmifer/e.
ALOPECURUS pratenfu culmofpicato ereSo, glumis villofis, corollis muticis. Linn. Sylt. Veietab
P -93- Sp.Pl-p.,88. FI. Suec. 20.
ALOPECURUS fpica ovata. Haller. Hiß. n. 1539.
GRAMEN phalaroides majus five italicum. Bank Pin. 4.
GRAMEN alopecuroides majus. Ger.emac. 10.
GRAMEN phalaroides majus. Parkin/. 1164.
/ .5 .IL Rail Syn. p. 396. The moll common Foxtail-grafs. Hudfon, FI. Anil. ed‘.
2- P- 27- Ligntfiot FI. Scot. p. 91. Schreb. Gram. 133. t. 19. f . 1.
■ RADIX perennis, fibrofa, fibris pallide fufeis. Ç
jCULMI fefquipedales, bipedales, nec raro tripedales, f
ereEti, teretes, ftria'ti, Iæves, ad bafin pur- J
; purei, radicantes.
FOLIA palmaria aut fpithamæa, fenfim in acutum f
mueronem terminata, glabra, ftriata, parte I
fuperna et ad margines,'fi digiti deorfum du- f*
cantur, afpera, lineam unam cum dimidia |
.. communiter aut duas fere lata. Vaginas $
ftriatæ, Iæves, in fuperiore parte culmi in- f
■ flatæ. Membrana brevis, obtufa.
■ SPICA fefquiuncialis, biuncialis, duas etiam nonnun- ft
quam cum dimidia uncias Ionga, duas trefve |
lineas lata, teres, cylindracea, obtufa, mollis. $
■ SPICULÆ unifloræ, compreflæ, utrinque cil iatæ, ner- I
vofæ, mucronato-tridentatæ,fig. i . J
■ pALYX. Gluma bivalvis, uniflora, valvulis fubæqua-
libus, ovato-lanceolatis, concavis, compreflis, $
H trinervibus, nervis pilofis, ßg. 2. $
■ COROLLA univalvis, valvula concava, longitudine f
( fcalycis, albida, fubdiaphana, fuperne nervis I*
tribus viridibus infignita, ariftata ; arißa ca- f
lyce duplo fere longior, dorfo valvulæ verfus I
bafin iiiferta, ^ . b. $
■ STAMINA: Fil ament a tria, capillaria. A ntheræ %
oblongæ, utrinque bifurcæ, plerumqüe pur- f
■ Pî'îTrr r Pura‘centes> demum ferrugineæ, ßg. 4. |
H MLLUM: G ermen ovatum, minimum. St y l i &
duo, villofi, reflexi, calyce longiores. St ig - f
■ _ . Ma ta fimplieia, ßg. 5. ! |
|oEMEN ovatum-, minimum, glumis te&um, ßg. 6, 7. f
RO O T perennial and fibrous, the fibres o f a pale
brown colour.
STA LK S a foot and a half, two feet, and not un-
• frequently three feet high, upright, round,
finely groovéd, fmooth, at bottom purple, and
tilluring,
LEAVES a hand’s-breath or fliort fpan in length, gradually
tampering to a point,. fmooth, ftriated-,
if drawn Backward acrofs the fingers feeling
■ ■ /ough on the upper fide and on'the edges,
commonly a line and a half or almoft two
in breadth. Sheaths ftriated, fmooth, on the
{Upper part of the ftalk inflated. Membrane
fliort and blunt,
SPIKE an inch and a half, two inches and fömètimes
, even two inches and a half long, and two
, or three lines broad, round, cylindrical, blunt
- and fqft.
SPICULAS one flower in each, flat, each fide edged
with hairs, ribbed, (lightly tridentate, the
middle point longeft, fig. 1.
CA L YX : & Glume of twovalves, containing one flower,
thé valves nearly equal, ovate and pointed,
flattened, three-ribbëd, thé ribs hairy, fig. 2.
CO ROL LA of one valve, the valve hollow, the length
■ o f the calyx, whitifh, fomewhat transparent,
marked on the upper part with three green
ribs, and bearded; the beard or awn almoft
as long again as the calyx, inferted into the
back of the valve towards the bafe, fig. q,
STAMINA: three capillary Filaments. A nth.errE
oblong, forked at each end, for the mqft part
purplilh, finally ferruginous, fig. 4.
PISTILLUJVI: G ermen Ovate, very minute. Sty les
two; villous, reflexed, longer than the glumes
of the calyx. S ttgmata fimple, fig. 5.
SEED ovate, very minute, covered by the glumes.
fig- 6 ,7 .
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