. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. CALAMAGROSTIS. 163 very little beyond the apex of its glume; palea one-tliird shorter, very thin and transparent, cloven at the summit; scales acute; anthers large and pendulous; filaments slender. This species affects groves, hedges, and brushwood, in wet situations; its favourite counties are Devon, Dorset, Sussex, Suffolk, Northamp- ton, Hants, Lincoln, Leices- ter, Yorkshire, and Cumber- land. It is also found in various parts of Ireland. Its foreign habitats are Lapland, Norway, Sweden
. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. CALAMAGROSTIS. 163 very little beyond the apex of its glume; palea one-tliird shorter, very thin and transparent, cloven at the summit; scales acute; anthers large and pendulous; filaments slender. This species affects groves, hedges, and brushwood, in wet situations; its favourite counties are Devon, Dorset, Sussex, Suffolk, Northamp- ton, Hants, Lincoln, Leices- ter, Yorkshire, and Cumber- land. It is also found in various parts of Ireland. Its foreign habitats are Lapland, Norway, Sweden, Prance, Germany, Switzer- land, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, North A- frica, Siberia, and British America. The Purple Smallreed is distinguished from the Lap- land Smallreed in the hairs being longer than the flow- ering glume, which itself is one-third shorter than the outer glumes. It differs from the Wood Smallreed in its short awn, and from the Narrow Smallreed in the position of the awn, which in that species rises from be- neath the centre of the flowering glume, while in the Purple Smallreed it rises near the apex. It flowers from the end of June to the beginning of 3. Calamagrostis stricta, Nutt. Narrow Smallreed. Root perennial, creeping; stem erect, round, roughish, m 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plues, Margaret. London : Reeve & co.
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