PLATE LXV.
CYNOSURUS ECHINATUSA a ^ p i a * .
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Hedge-hog Dog's-tail.
Sp e c . C h a r. Spike ovate, and clustered} fence pinnatified; florets with an arista longer
than the valves.
Cvnosurus echinatus is one of our scarcest grasses, and though certainly a native of England,
yet appears confined to two places, Sandwich in Kent, and Hastings in Sus9exj and is even; so rare
in those stations, that a resident botanist informed us that he never obtained indigenous specimens.
We were favoured with several fine plants of this Cynosurus from Guernsey,* by the kindness o f Mr.
Gosselin, and from them our representation was taken 3 it is even an uncommon plant in that island.
----------Straw leafy} leaves scarcely rough} membrane long} plant from six inches to two feet high}
florets on peduncles, clustered into an head, and defended by bracteae, each bractea guards from one
to four florets} calyx skinny} larger valve of the corolla furnished with an arista, which is often
twice the length of the valve, and placed a little below the apex 3 florets and aristae o f a pale green
colour when young, but they assume a purple tinge as the plant approaches to maturity.
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A, a Bractea and two florets.
B> the Calyx.
C, the Corolla.
* It will not be imagined that‘we mean to introduce the products of this island among our British indigenous grasses}
if such was the case, we might add to our catalogue Lagurus ovatus, and (the wrongly arranged plant) Phalaris utricu-
lata), but we only resorted to Guernsey for natural specimens of an unattainable British native.