. Flowers of the field. Botany. GRASS FAMII 557 -^-^^^ violet-yellow. â \\"et places ; common, â Fl. April â Ajgusi. Perennial. 4. A. btdbosiis (Tuberous Foxtail).âV tufted, not glaucous, form with the lower part of the ascending stem forming ovate tubercles ; upper Icaf-sheath inflated ; spike » in. long, pointed , gliiints not connate, acute, downy â flowering glume with sub-basal awn twice as long as the glume.âSalt marshes ; rare.â Fl. MayâJuly Perennial. 5. A. prateiisis (Meadow Fijxtail).âStem iâj feet high, erect, smooth, with runners ; slwatlis cif upper leaves rather l(iose; spi
. Flowers of the field. Botany. GRASS FAMII 557 -^-^^^ violet-yellow. â \\"et places ; common, â Fl. April â Ajgusi. Perennial. 4. A. btdbosiis (Tuberous Foxtail).âV tufted, not glaucous, form with the lower part of the ascending stem forming ovate tubercles ; upper Icaf-sheath inflated ; spike » in. long, pointed , gliiints not connate, acute, downy â flowering glume with sub-basal awn twice as long as the glume.âSalt marshes ; rare.â Fl. MayâJuly Perennial. 5. A. prateiisis (Meadow Fijxtail).âStem iâj feet high, erect, smooth, with runners ; slwatlis cif upper leaves rather l(iose; spike râ3 in. long, blunt, soft, pale green ; glumes acute, scarcely united at the base, hairy ; awii twice as long as the ftoweriug glume ; anthers yellow-.âRich pastures ; com^ mon. â Fl. April â June. Pe- rennial. 6. A. alpiuus (,\lpme Fox- tail).âAn allied, but usually shorter, species, with looser sheaths to the upper leaves; spike seldom more than an inch long, unless cultivated, and softly silky with the rather long hairs which cover the acute, connate glumes. â By streams on loftv Scottish mountains.âFl. July, August. Perennial. 10. Milium (Millet-grass), ..j^^.^,^, g,,^;^^, (s/^^ajin^ ^-ass). of which .1/. effusum (Spreading ?*Iillet-grass) is the only British species, is a slender, erect, smooth grass, Iâ4 feet high ; with broad, flat, thm leaves; panicle long, loose, spreading, and slender, its branches whorled ; spikehis small, pale green, or purple, awnless ; iloKtriug glume smooth, white, hardening round fruit.âDamp woods \ common. (Name in Latin meaning millet.) 11. Phlkum (Cat's-tail grass).âPanicle dense, cylindric, spike- like of compressed, i-&o\\txcd spiltelets; floweruig glume asvnless,. 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 Al
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