A natural history of British grasses . ehundred feet. Stem upright, circular, smooth, and slender, bearing fourflat acute leaves, with smooth striated sheaths, u^iper one ex-tending considerably beyond its leaf, and having a short obtuseligule at its summit. Joints smooth. Inilorescence sim2>lc orcompound-panicled. Panicle broad, upright, and exceedingly slender, spreading, and smooth; arranged 136 KRIZA MEDIA. in alternate pairs. Spikelcts compressed, broadly ovate, , and white, pendulous on long thin footstalks, and con-sisting of about seven awnless floret
A natural history of British grasses . ehundred feet. Stem upright, circular, smooth, and slender, bearing fourflat acute leaves, with smooth striated sheaths, u^iper one ex-tending considerably beyond its leaf, and having a short obtuseligule at its summit. Joints smooth. Inilorescence sim2>lc orcompound-panicled. Panicle broad, upright, and exceedingly slender, spreading, and smooth; arranged 136 KRIZA MEDIA. in alternate pairs. Spikelcts compressed, broadly ovate, , and white, pendulous on long thin footstalks, and con-sisting of about seven awnless florets, extending beyond thecalyx. Calyx of two broad obtuse glumes; of two palea, exterior one of basal floret compressed,broad, and obtuse. Base lobcd, destitute of lateral ribs. Innerpalea membranous, having two green marginal ribs. Lengthfrom twelve to eighteen inches. Hoot joerennial, fibrous, andtufted. Flowers at the end of June, and ripens its seed in July. The specimen illustrated was gathered near 2 R I Z A MINOR. XLIII BRIZA MINOR. HOOKEK AND AuNOTT. J. E. SmITFI. PaRNELL. Babington. Witiierixg. Koch. Kunth. Reichenbach. Deakin. WlLLUENOW. SCHRADER. HoST. Hudson. Hull. Dickson. Macreight. Ealfs. PLATE aspera, KnaIT. Tftc Small Qualdvg Grass. Biiza—To droop. Minor—Less. Ax exceedingly rare (irass, found near Bath, in Cornwall,and at Clifton, Xottinghamshire. Native of Guernsey, Jersey, France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain,Portugal, Germany, Turkey, Greece, and Northern Africa. It grov\s in dry sandy pastures. Stem circular, smooth, and hollow, carrying five or six fiat,acute, roughish leaves, with smooth striated sheaths, upper oneextending beyond its leaf. Joints five in number. Inflorescencecompound-pauicled, with roughish slender branches. Spikeletstriangular, compressed, green, white, and purple in colour, con-sisting of two glumes and five or six florets. Glumes equal,broad, three-ribbed. Florets consisting of
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