. Flowers of the field. Botany. GRASS FAMILY 389 solid above ; fenve^ involute, firm, with numerous thick ribs, each with a row of sharp points aliovc ; spikclcis 5âi2-flo\vered.â Sandy sea-shores ; rare.âhi. July. Perennial. 5. T. ati'iliiii: (Acute Couch).â tufted : stems solid, bent below : Iraves much as in the preceding : ipike long, lax. arching; spikiicis ^âS-flowered j raclus very broad between the spikelets â Sandv sea- shores.âFl. July, August. Perennial. 6. 2'./;/;;<â (â ;/;;; (Rush-like Couch).âA prostrate, stilY plant, creeping extensively so as to form large patches, o
. Flowers of the field. Botany. GRASS FAMILY 389 solid above ; fenve^ involute, firm, with numerous thick ribs, each with a row of sharp points aliovc ; spikclcis 5âi2-flo\vered.â Sandy sea-shores ; rare.âhi. July. Perennial. 5. T. ati'iliiii: (Acute Couch).â tufted : stems solid, bent below : Iraves much as in the preceding : ipike long, lax. arching; spikiicis ^âS-flowered j raclus very broad between the spikelets â Sandv sea- shores.âFl. July, August. Perennial. 6. 2'./;/;;<â (â ;/;;; (Rush-like Couch).âA prostrate, stilY plant, creeping extensively so as to form large patches, often glaucous ; steins ascending, smooth ; leaves leathery, involute, downy : spike 2â4 in. long, curved, rather lax, with a brittle rachis ; spikelets large, shining, pale, 4â-S- flowered : glumes often obtuse.âSandy sea-shores ; local.âFl. July, August. Perennial. 46. Lepturus, of which L. filiform is (Sea Hard- grass) is the only British species, is a genus of slender grasses differing from nil! in having I-flowered spikelets. These are, as in that genus, soli- tary and sessile in the notches of the rachis, dis- tichous, and placed with their broad sides towards the rachis, and are awnless. Our British species is a little glabrous, decumbent grass, '4âS in. high : leaves short, leathery, rough ; spike 2â6 in. long, Cj'lindric, slender, with a stift", grooved rachis : spikelets ^ in. long, green.âWaste places near the sea : uncommon. (Name from the Greek leptos, slender, oitra, tail, from its slender spikes. )-^Fl. JulyâSeptember. Annual. 47. Xardus (^lat-grass"), of which A', strieta is the only species, is a densely tufted, erect, wiry, glabrous plant, 4â10 in. Ingh,. \RDUS STRICT. 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander),
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