P H A L A R I S arenaria.
Sea Canary-grafs.
7 R IA N D R I A Digynia.
G en. C h ar. Cal. of two carinated equal valves,
longer than the corolla, Angle flowered.
S p e c . Char. Spike ovato-lanceolate. Glumes ciliated.
Stems feveral.
S yn. Phalaris arenaria- HudJ. FI. An. 23.
Ph. phleoides ß. Ait. Hort. Kew.v. 1. 86.
Phleum arenarium. Linn. Sp. PL 88. With. Bot.
Arr. 62.
Gramen typhinum maritimum minus. Ran Syn. 398.
F ' O U N D e v e ry w h e r e ab o u t fandy fea -lh o re s and th e n e ig h b
o u r in g f ie ld s ; it h a s e v en b e en o b fe rv ed u p on S w a f fh am
h e a th b y J ame s C r o w e E fq . and on th a t o f N ew m a r k e t b y th e
R e v . M r . H em f te d , w h o fa vo u red us w ith th is fp e c im en . O n
th e fe a -co a ft th e p lan t is fe ld om fo lu x u r ian t . I t is an an n u a l,
and flow e rs in J u n e . 1
T h e ro o t is fib ro us , and d ow n y , lik e th e g ra fs la ft d efc r ib ed.
S tem s fe v e ra l, d iv id in g from th e c row n o f th e ro o t o r a lit t le
h ig h e r as in w h e a t , fom e tim e s b en t a t th e jo in t s , c lo th e d w ith
le a v e s , w h o fe edg e is a lit t le ro u g h , th e ir {heaths lo n g , in fla
ted , ftr ia ted and fm o o th . T h e flow e r - fta lk com m o n ly v e r y
lit t le e x c e ed s th e u p p e rm o ft le a f, and is te rm in a ted b y an u p r
ig h t r ig id fp ik e , fw e llin g in th e m id d le , c o n fiftin g o f a g re a t
n um b e r o f e r e f t th ick - fe t flow e r s T h é ca ly x is g r e e n , w ith
w h ite k e e l rib s and m a r g in ; th e v a lv e s la n c eo la te , g ra d u a lly
ta p e r in g to a {harp p o in t , and b y n o means lo p p ed or tru n c a ted
as in th e g en u s Phleum; th e ir k e e l, and fom e tim e s th e ir m a r g
in , is c ilia ted w i th w h ite h a ir s . C o ro lla o f tw o fh o r t , c re -
n a ted , ftr ia ted petals.
T h e c ilia ted v a lv e s d ift in g u ilh this p lan t from P h a la r is
p h le o id e s o f L in n teu s , c e r ta in ly o f th e fame g en u s , th o u g h its
d iffe ren t h ab it and ap p earan ce (w h ic h w e h op e on e day to hav e
an o p p o r tu n ity o f e xh ib it in g ) w i l l n o t a llow us to a g re e w ith the
Hortus Ketuenfis in m ak in g th em th e fame fp e c ie s . N o t on e o f
o u r E n g lifti w r ite r s h a s w e l l u n d e r fto o d th e fe tw o g ra fle s , n o r
P h le um p an icu la tum o f H u d fo n , w h ic h is v e r y d ift in c t from
b o th .