a g r o s t i s b r e v i s .
( v a r i e t y o f a . s t o l o h i f e r a . )
Sh e a t h in g and foliage rough; branche, o f the panide o f several length, intermixed, but all tray
ahort, the longer one, nearly equal, and furnished with floret, nearly to the in,ertion in the main stem;
membrane long; colour o f the panicle, when in perfection, o f a pale red, but turning to a dull green’
afterward,. Thi, plant i, one o f the link, o f union between the Agm,ti, vulgar!» and A. »tolonifem
yet vaiying fon t both; it i, not clustered at the bate o f the branche,, a, the »mailer one, o f the’
atolonifera ,hould be; it haa the aheathing rough, which in A . vulgari, i, »month, and the panide i,
different from that plant.— It inhabit, wet place», and where water ha, lodged, die margin,
o f furrow, m com Add», and at other time» i, found in a dwarfiah atate in very dry place», but
may alway, be known by the long ovate and almoat uniform appearance o f the panide when in
expanaron, and aprke-like form before extension. It throw, out sucker, from the root,, a» ia observable
m all the genus.
A, the Calyx.
B, the Corolla.