. Flowers of the field. Botany. 56S GRAMINIC/E rare. It is a good sand-binder and uhe of the best pasture grasses of many dry climates, such as India, where it is caUed Doorba or Doab-grass, and Bermuda, where it is called Bermuda grass. (Named "from the ("keek o,/oiis, a tooth, knnos, of a dog.) — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 27. SiEGLfNGiA (Heath-grass), of which S. thrianbens (Creep- ing Heath-grass) is the only British species, is a bright green, densely tufted plant,with stiff, smooth stems, 6—12 in. high; blunt, thick leaves with a tuft of hairs for a ligule; spikelets 5 or 6,
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 56S GRAMINIC/E rare. It is a good sand-binder and uhe of the best pasture grasses of many dry climates, such as India, where it is caUed Doorba or Doab-grass, and Bermuda, where it is called Bermuda grass. (Named "from the ("keek o,/oiis, a tooth, knnos, of a dog.) — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 27. SiEGLfNGiA (Heath-grass), of which S. thrianbens (Creep- ing Heath-grass) is the only British species, is a bright green, densely tufted plant,with stiff, smooth stems, 6—12 in. high; blunt, thick leaves with a tuft of hairs for a ligule; spikelets 5 or 6, rarely 7—10, in a flexuous raceme, 3 — 4-tlowered, rather larga, awnless, pale green and purplish ; fioieering glume 5-ribbed, hairy at the base, with 3 minute teeth at the top.—Dry lieaths and moors ; cofnmon, mdicating poor soil. (Na,med in hcmour of Pro- fessor Siegling, of Erfurt.) Fl. July, August, l^'erennial. 28. P H R AGM h (Reed), of which P, commuhis (Common Reed) is the only species, is a stout grass, 5—10 feet high, with a long, creep- ing root-Sfock ; numerous long leaves, often an inch broad, glaucous beneath, all up the stem ; a dense, drooping p/tuicic 10—iS in. long, of a purplish*- brown colour, with numerous branches ; spikelets very numerous, A^$ in. long, shining, ]—fi-fluwered, awnless, with long, silky hairS' on the rachilla which lengthen as the fruil ripens and gn e the panicle a beautiful silvery ajv pearance.—In wet ditches, marshes, and shallow waters, almost all over the world ; common. It is very serviceable on river banks for binding the soil, and is usetl for thatch. The runners are nutritious, containing much sugar, and might be used as fodder. (Name said to be from the Greek phragiria, a hedge.)—Fl. July, August. Perennial. 29. Sesli';ria (Moor-grass), of which S. eu-rulea (Blue JMoor-. SIEGI-lNGIA DEC:UMBENS {Cyticpin:^ Jliittii-grass).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have
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