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Despite his alleged cruelties, Phalaris gained in medieval times a certain literary fame as the supposed author of an epistolary corpus. [5] In 1699, Richard Bentley published an influential Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris, in which he proved that the epistles were misattributed and had actually been written around the 2nd century AD.
Variegated form, garden of Islington College, Nepal. Phalaris arundinacea, or reed canary grass, [1] is a tall, perennial bunchgrass that commonly forms extensive single-species stands along the margins of lakes and streams and in wet open areas, with a wide distribution in Europe, Asia, northern Africa and North America. [2]
Some Phalaris species contain gramine, which, in sheep and to a lesser extent in cattle, is toxic and can cause brain damage, other organ damage, central nervous system damage, and death. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Phalaris arundinacea , Phalaris aquatica , and Phalaris brachystachys are known to contain the alkaloids DMT , 5-MeO-DMT , and 5-OH-DMT (bufotenin).
Phalaris aquatica, known by the common names bulbous canary-grass [2] and Harding grass, is a species of grass in the genus Phalaris of the family Poaceae. Description [ edit ]
Phalaris canariensis resembles Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass), a perennial forage crop and a wild grass. Although heads of both crops are panicles, Phalaris canariensis heads resemble club wheat. This large, coarse grass has erect, hairless stems, usually from 2 to 6 feet (0.61 to 1.83 m) tall.
Richard Bentley FRS (/ ˈ b ɛ n t l i /; 27 January 1662 – 14 July 1742) was an English classical scholar, critic, and theologian.Considered the "founder of historical philology", Bentley is widely credited with establishing the English school of Hellenism.
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Phalaris angusta is a species of grass known by the common names timothy canarygrass and narrow canarygrass. It is native to the Americas, where it is most common in Chile and Argentina and can be found in northern South America and sections of the southwestern and southeastern United States. It is also known as an introduced species in ...