A natural history of British grasses . !JM I,ENDIGERUM. 37 LAGURUS OVATUS. LiNN^us. Hooker and Arnott. Koch. Kunth. Smith. Babington. LlNDLEY. KnAPP. WITHERING. PaENELL. WiLLDENow. Dickson. Schrader. Host. Schreber. Hull. PLATE XI. A. Alopecuros gcnuina, Morison. * spied rotundiore, Morison. The Hare^s-tail Grass. Lagurus—Hares-tail, (from the Greek.) Ovatus—Egg-shaped. Lagubus. LinncEus.—Panicle spiked. Spikelets laterally fringed throughout, terminating in a lengthy subulate point. Glu-mellas two in number, membranaceous in texture, the exterior one terminatingin two
A natural history of British grasses . !JM I,ENDIGERUM. 37 LAGURUS OVATUS. LiNN^us. Hooker and Arnott. Koch. Kunth. Smith. Babington. LlNDLEY. KnAPP. WITHERING. PaENELL. WiLLDENow. Dickson. Schrader. Host. Schreber. Hull. PLATE XI. A. Alopecuros gcnuina, Morison. * spied rotundiore, Morison. The Hare^s-tail Grass. Lagurus—Hares-tail, (from the Greek.) Ovatus—Egg-shaped. Lagubus. LinncEus.—Panicle spiked. Spikelets laterally fringed throughout, terminating in a lengthy subulate point. Glu-mellas two in number, membranaceous in texture, the exterior one terminatingin two long bristles. Only one British example, and this confined to aportion of Guernsey. The name is derived from the Greek, and signifiesa hares tail, from the downy feel and appearance of the panicle. One of the rarest and most beautiful of our British Grasses,growing in sandy exposed situations in the north and west ofGuernsey, one of the Channel Islands. It was first discoveredthere by Mr. Gosselin. Miss Guille informs me that it
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