The British flora, or A Linnean arrangement of British plants : with their generic and specific characters, select synonyms, English names, places of growth, duration, times of flowering, and references to figures / by John Hull.

  • John Hull
Date:
1799
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Credit: The British flora, or A Linnean arrangement of British plants : with their generic and specific characters, select synonyms, English names, places of growth, duration, times of flowering, and references to figures / by John Hull. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    P, Pan. conglomerate, outer pet. hairy at the decumbens. margin, culm decumbent. With. l*est. de- cumbens. Lin. Sp. c — Moist pastures. P. 8. F.Dan. 102. p. Pan. spreading, spikelets mostly 3-flowered, glau'ca. flor. acuminate, woolly at the base, leaves subulate. With. P.pratensis. 0. Huds. r Mountains. P. 6. 7. F. Dan. 964. 1. Bri'za. Cal. 2-valved, many-flowered. Spike- lets 2-rowed, valves cordate, obtuse, the inner minute. , B. Spikel. triangular, cal. longer than the flor. minor. (inner valve of the cor. cloven at the end). Small Quake-grass. A. P. ? 2. 7. Park. 1165. 5. -. B. Spikel. ovate, cal. shorter than the flor. (in- me'etia. ner valve of the cor. ciliate, entire at the end. With.). 5. B. Spikel. (5 to 7) cordate, flor. 17 (a raceme max'ima ? rather than a panicle). Great Quake-grass. A. 7. Ger. 87. 3. 1. Festu'ca. Cal. 2-valved. Spikelet oblong, some- what cylindrical, glumes acuminate. (Awn terminating, inner glume of the cor. smooth or finely downy. Smith.) Panicle directed taone side, awns longer than the cor. l. F. Spikelets erect, smooth, cal. one valve en- bromoi'des• tire, the other acuminate (leaves broader than those of F. Ovina.). Barren Fescue. Walls. A. 5. 6. Scheuch. 6. to. >. F. Panicle spiked (drooping), cal. (smaller myu'rus. valve) very minute, awnless ; florets rough, awns long. Wall Fescue. Walls. A. 5. 6. Leers. 3. 5. ]. F. Pan. compact awned, culm 4-cornered, 9I- uvi'na. most naked, leaves setaceous. Sheep’s Fescue. P. 6.7. Martin 102. Obs. It is found awnless and also viviparous. See With. F. Pan. rough, spikelets 6-flowcred, awned, ru'bra. the last floret awnless, culm semi-cylindrical. Purple Fescue. High heaths. P. 6. Leers 8. 1. 5. F. Pan. oblong, spikelets oblong, smooth, leaves durius'cula. setaceous. (Flor. about G ; root fibrous.) Hard Fes. Dry pi. P. 6, Leers 8. 2. E. Hot. 470.