. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. LAGURUS. 143 to make it apply to a totally different genus from what it originally designated, is to be ; In the ' English Botany' this grass is called " Knappia agro- stidea" in honour of Mr. Knapp, the author of ' Gra- mma Britannica/ a standard work published in 1804. Certainly it is much better to call a plant by a name that expresses its own cha- racteristics, than by the name of its describer or even its discoverer, and the mean- ing of the one chosen by Mr. Be
. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. LAGURUS. 143 to make it apply to a totally different genus from what it originally designated, is to be ; In the ' English Botany' this grass is called " Knappia agro- stidea" in honour of Mr. Knapp, the author of ' Gra- mma Britannica/ a standard work published in 1804. Certainly it is much better to call a plant by a name that expresses its own cha- racteristics, than by the name of its describer or even its discoverer, and the mean- ing of the one chosen by Mr. Bentham, " Humble Field- grass," is remarkably appropriate. This very neat little grass favours sandy pastures near the sea, in which situations it is occasionally found in Anglesea and Jersey. It is a small delicate annual; it developes its minute culm very early, and opens its little florets in April, in May the seeds are ripe, and after that the minute stems and leaves dry up, and are quite withered by Midsummer. It has no recommendation, agricultural or otherwise, nor any attraction but its de- licate and evanescent beauty. In Germany, the South of France, and Greece, it is frequent in maritime pastures or sandy waste Genus XI. LAGURUS. Gen. Char. Spikelets single-flowered ; outer glumes long, narrow, spreading, hairy; flowering glume of firmer texture, shorter, with two awns springing fork-like from its apex. 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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