A natural history of British grasses . erica, growing to an altitude of onethousand feet above the sea. Stem upright, circular, striated, and very rough, bearing fiveor six linear, flat, acute, widely-spreading, very rough (edgesminutely toothed) leaves, with rough striated sheaths. Jointssmooth and polished. Inflorescence compound-paniclcd. Panicle 134 DACTYLIS GLOMERATA. uj^riglit, tufted, and dense. Racliis and branches harsh. Spikeletscrowded, unilateral, mostly of three florets. Calyx of two unequalglumes; husute. Florets of two palese; exterior one of basalfloret longer than the cah^; fi
A natural history of British grasses . erica, growing to an altitude of onethousand feet above the sea. Stem upright, circular, striated, and very rough, bearing fiveor six linear, flat, acute, widely-spreading, very rough (edgesminutely toothed) leaves, with rough striated sheaths. Jointssmooth and polished. Inflorescence compound-paniclcd. Panicle 134 DACTYLIS GLOMERATA. uj^riglit, tufted, and dense. Racliis and branches harsh. Spikeletscrowded, unilateral, mostly of three florets. Calyx of two unequalglumes; husute. Florets of two palese; exterior one of basalfloret longer than the cah^; five-ribbed. Keel hirsute. Innerpalea membranous. Length two to three feet. Root perennial,fibrous, and tufted. Although a coarse Grass, still it must be looked upon as oneof our most productive sjDecies, and when young, cattle willfeed upon it readily. It will grow in ahnost any situation,from a wood to an open waste. Dactylis (jlomerata continues flowering from June to August. The specimen illustrated Avas gathered at Highficld B RI Z A K E D I 135 BRIZA MEDIA. LiNNJEUS. HOOKEE AND AeNOTT. J. E. SmITH. PaENELL. SiBTHOBP. Koch. Kunth. Maceeight. Hudson. Withering. Lindley. Gbeville. Babington. Eeichenbach. Deakin. SiNCLAIE. WiLLDENOW. MaETYN. KnAPP. ScHEADEE. HoST. Leees. Oedee. Ealfs. PLATE XLII. Tlte Common Quaking Grass. Briza—To droop. Media—Ordinary, Beiza. LinncBHs.—The Quaking Grass. There are two British species,one of which is abundant and the other rare. Name derived from theGreek. An exceedingly pretty Grass, very useful for decorativepurposes, yet not a valuable agricultural Grass, owing to itsnot flourisliing exccj^t in impoverished poor soil. Common in poor land throughout England, Scotland, andIreland. Found in France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Spain,Portugal, Prussia, Pussia, Turkey, Greece, Norway, Sweden,and the United States. It is found growing at an elevation of one thousand fivehundred feet. Stem upright, circular, sm
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