APERA interrupta.
I n te r r u p te d W in d - g r a s s .
TRIANDRIA Digynia.
Gen. Char. S p ik e le t laterally compressed, 1-flowered,
with a superior rudiment. G lu m e s 2 ; the superior
larger, 3-nerved, about as long as the outer
palea. P a le c e unequal, scarious, outer one dor-
sally awned. S tig m a s nearly sessile. S e e d free.
Spec. Char. Panicle elongate, close. Anthers oval.
Syn. Apera interrupta. P a lis , d e B e a u v . A g r o s to g .
31. K o c h S y n . e d . 2 . 904. R e ic h . I c o n o g . c e n t.
I ll t. 3 2 . f . 1419.
Agrostis interrupta. L i n n . S p . P L 92. W i ll d . S p .
P L v . 1. p t . I. 362. S c h r a d . F I. G e r m . v . 1.
204. H o s t G r a m . A u s t r . v . 3 . 3 3 t. 48; F I .
A u s t r . v . 1. 97. R o th E n u m . v . 1. 211. G a u d .
A g r o s t. H e l v . v . 1. 69. A le r t, u n d K o c h D e u ts c h .
F L v . 1. 504. K u n t h E n u m . v . 1.225. B e r to l.
F I . I ta l. v . 1.394. C o ss. e t G e r m . F l. P a r is . 630.
Gramen arvense, paniculatum, spicä interrupta.
S c h e u c h z . A g r o s to g . 146.
Gramen capillatum, paniculä angustiore et interrupta.
V a ill. B o t. P a r . t. 17. f . 4.
E \/O O T fibrous. Stems several, erect, often procumbent at
the base and kneed at the first or second node, from a few
inches to a foot or more in height, terete, glabrous; nodes
mostly purple. Leaves short, linear, narrow, scabrous above,
the uppermost much longer than its sheath. Ligule long,
acute, prominent. Panicle long, slender, close at all times,