Capt. CarMicHAEL’s Description a 
6. SPARTINA ARUNDINACEA; Spica communi teretiuscula ; 
partialibus arcte imbricatis, valvula minore glume exte- 
riorem oblique truncatam perianthii superante. 
Ponceletia arundinacea. Aubert op. cit. p. 36, 
Culmi plurimi, fasciculati, suberecti, solidi, 5—8-pedales. 
Folia longitudine culmi, linearia, plana, externe nitida, in- 
terne glauca profundè sulcata, margine scabra. Spathæ 
striatæ, superne ventricosæ. Spica vix emergens, stricta, 
cylindracea, sexpollicaris, e spiculis pollicaribus undique 
imbricatis composita. - | 
7. PoLYPOGON INTERMEDIUS, panicula coarctata lobata, glu- 
mis subulatis pubescentibus, seta perianthii terminali val- 
vula quadridentata breviore. | 
Phalaris mollis. Aubert op. cit. p. 37? 
Culmi plurimi, 1—2-pedales, fasciculati, adscendentes. Folia 
linearia glabra, vaginis glabris, suprema ventricosa. Pa- 
nicula vix omnino exserta, nutans. - 
This grass grows in spreading tufts, chiefly confined to 
the clear ground. It is greedily devoured by cattle. 
8. AGROSTIS RAMULOSA, Culmis filiformibus ramosissimis, fo- 
liis setaceis, panicula simplicissima, glumis acutis glabris: | 
carina supra denticulata, perianthio glabro sessili: setula 
apicis brevissima. 
9. AGROSTIS MEDIA, Culmis filiformibus ramosis, foliis setaceis, 
. panicula simplici rara, glumis acutissimis pubescentibus : 
carina longitudinaliter denticulata, perianthio sessili im- 
berbi: seta terminali valvulam subæquante. 
Both these species of Agrostis are found on the high part 
of the mountain, forming the chief part of its herbage: a 
: few 
