44 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



GRAMINE^. 



*Agrostis retrofracta, Willd. Several plants of this Australian grass 

 were gathered by Miss Hayvvard and myself on the Tweed 

 shingle between Galafoot and Melrose. We are indebted to 

 Professor Hackel for its identification. 



Agrostis scabra, Willd. (Agrostis hyemalis, B.S.F.). This plant 

 Mr. M'Andrew gathered in Leith, in 1904, and meagre speci- 

 mens were seen in each of the following years till 1908, when 

 good, healthy plants were found. We are indebted to Professor 

 Hackel for its determination. 



Agrostis verticillata, VilL "Tweed," a. 



Avena orientalis, Schreber. Plentiful at Leith. 



Bromus brizceformis, Fisch. a?id Aley. Several plants at Gorgie and 

 Leith. 



Bromus hordeaceus, Z., 7'ar. /? leptostachys. Beck. Identified by 

 Professor Hackel. Plentiful at Leith. 



*Hordeum chilense, Brojig. A single plant, Leith. Identified by 

 Professor Hackel. 



H. bulbosum, Z. (H. strictum, Desf.). Two fine clumps at Slate- 

 ford. 



Phleum exaratum, Hochst. ? A single plant, Leith. Of this plant 

 Professor Hackel has some doubt. It comes very near P. 

 exaratum^ Hochst, a species closely allied to P. grceaim, if not 

 a variety of it. He writes, " Your specimen is in a young state, 

 and shows not the characteristic thickened side and marginal 

 nerves, between which there is a furrow ('glumis exaratis,' 

 Boissier) in the more advanced state which Boissier described." 

 In all other respects my plant agrees with P. exaratum. 



*Phalaris angusta, Nees. Several fine plants at Leith. 



Setaria viridis, Beauv. var. majus. Gaud. Several at Leith. 



'^Trisetum Cavanillesii, Trin. One plant, Leith. 



*Sphenopus divaricatus, Reichb. A single plant, Leith. Identified 

 by Professor Hackel. 



'^Triticum triaristatum, G. and G. var. macrochaetum, Hackel. 

 (yEgilops macrochaeta, Shuttl. and Huet.). A fine clump at 

 Leith. 



*T. triaristatum, G. and G. "A form intermediate between the type 

 and the var. macrochcehan.^'' Several plants at Leith and Slate- 

 ford. For the identification of the above two grasses I am 

 indebted to Professor Hackel. 



'^'T. ventricosum, Ces. Very plentiful at Leith, Gorgie, and Slate- 

 ford. 



Leith, December 1908. 



