AGROSTIS SEMI-NUDA. j feE08- t Agros. n ig r a ? Withering.
( v a r i e t y o f a . v u l g a r i s . )
L eaves long, narrow, and rough; sheathing sometimes with a little roughness; branches bare for a
considerable distance from the main stem, often for above half their length, and then some secondary
branches proceed, bearing a few scattered florets. Growing in corn, or in tolerably rich earth, this
variety becomes veiy luxuriant; the sheathing is then sensibly rough, and at times nearly twenty
branches issue from a stage, and the panicle becomes of a deep black green colour: calyx generally
with only one valve serrated, but on the same plant will be found some calyces with a few serratures
on the summit o f the other. We conjecture that our A . semi-nuda is the A. capillaris o f Leers, and
possibly the A. nigra of Withering, from the description, as he refers for synonym to the A. stolo-
nifera o f the Flora Herborn. We have bestowed upon this plant the epithet o f ' semi-nuda,' to denote
the naked branches o f the panicle.------This variety is by no mean, rare, and being so strongly marked,
will often be observed, and hence requires some mention.------ Its delight is moist places at the edge.
o f corn fields, and the margins o f ditches.
A, ‘ C, the Calyces, as found on one plant.
B, the Corolla.