A natural history of British grasses . e, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, and Sussex. A native also of France, Italy, Switzerland, Prussia, Holland,and Belgium. Stem ascending, polished, striated, having four somewhatbroad, brief, flat leaves, with smooth striated sheaths; upper oneextending considerably beyond its leaf. Joints three. Inflor-escence digitate, lengthy, linear, and from two to oval, dorsally compressed, of two glumes and onefloret; glumes equal, hirsute, and five-ribbed; inner one deeppurple, the others only purplish. Floret of same length asglumes—reddish purp
A natural history of British grasses . e, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, and Sussex. A native also of France, Italy, Switzerland, Prussia, Holland,and Belgium. Stem ascending, polished, striated, having four somewhatbroad, brief, flat leaves, with smooth striated sheaths; upper oneextending considerably beyond its leaf. Joints three. Inflor-escence digitate, lengthy, linear, and from two to oval, dorsally compressed, of two glumes and onefloret; glumes equal, hirsute, and five-ribbed; inner one deeppurple, the others only purplish. Floret of same length asglumes—reddish purple, of two almost equal palero, striatedand polished. Filaments three; anthers brief, violet-coloured,and cloven at either extremity. Styles two, slender. Stigmas DIGITARIA HUMIFUSA. brief, plumose, and purplish. Length from four to nine annual and fibrous. Flowers in July and August, and ripens its seed in September. The specimen for illustration was gathered at Weybridge,Surrey, by Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of PHEAGMITES COMMUNIS. Trin. Hookek and Abnott. Koch. Babington. Macueigiit,kuntu. isees. plate lxxiv. Arundu i)lLyagmites, LiNK^us. Smith. Paexell. Gkeville. Lindley. • Willdenow. Knapp. Hookee. ScHEADEK. Leers. Ehkhaet. Hudson. Witheeing. Eelhak. SiBTHOEP. DeaKIN. vallatoyia, Hay. Geeaede. vuhjaris, Bauhin. Scheuchzee. • palustris, Matthiolus. Cameeaeius. The Common Beed. Ph)xi(jmitcs—Au euclosure. Cuinmunis—Commou. Pheagmites. Trin.—Au abundant giant Grass; growing near large and noble. Name derived from the Greek, on account of itsuse as a material for enclosure. Only one British example, namely, Fhruj-mites communis. A COMMON, handsome, giant Grass; of no agricultural use,yet useful for thatching, for the foundation of plaster floors,for arrows, and various other purposes. Abundant throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland; grov/ingin ditches, and on the margins of water. A native also of France, Italy, Germany, Spain,
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