TRIANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Arundo. 171 



C. lanceolate. Roth Germ. v. 2. p.]. 90. 

 C. minor, glumis ruffis et viridibus. Dill, in Raii SynAQ\. 

 Gramen arundinaceum paniculatum montanum, panicula spadiceo- 

 viridi, semine papposo. Scheuchz. Agr. 124. 



In moist woods, hedges and fens. 



Near Oundle, Leicestershire j Mr. Scampton. Dillenius. In the 

 fenny parts of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Lincolnshire, not 

 unfrequent. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Root fibrous, as Scheuchzer likewise seems to imply j scarcely 

 creeping ; the fibres woolly. Whole plant much more slender 

 and delicate than the last. Steins 3 or 4 feet high, very smooth. 

 Leaves narrow, pointed, bright green j roughish beneath -, some- 

 times a little hairy on the upper side. Sheaths smooth. Stipula 

 oblong, obtuse, decurrent, mostly torn. Panicle much branched, 

 loosely spreading everyway, as are the Jlowers also. Calyx- 

 valves lanceolate, acute, of a pale bronzed purple, the keel 

 roughish. Corolla not much above half as long, membranous, 

 white ; both valves notched at the summit, the larger bearing a 

 very small, rough, nearly terminal, awn. Hairs from the base of 

 the corolla, which they exceed in length. 



4. A. stricta. Smallest Close Reed. 



Calyx single-flowered, ovate, scarcely longer than the co- 

 rolla. Panicle erect, close. Flowers scattered, spread- 

 ing every way, with a dorsal awn. Hairs shorter than 

 the corolla. Stipula very short. 



A. stricta. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 215. t. 4. / 5. Engl. Bot. v. 30. 



t. 2160. Comp. 20. Hook. Scot. 27. 

 A. neglecta. Ehrh. Calam. 118. Sm. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 10. 337. 



In marshy ground in Scotland. 



In the White Mire, a mile from Forfar. Mr. G. Don. 



Perennial. June. 



Root creeping. Stein scarcely 2 feet high, very slender and smooth, 

 with 2 joints. Leaves narrow, sharp-pointed, rough on the upper 

 side. Sheaths quite smooth, slightly striated. Stipula scarcely 

 prominent, except that of the uppermost leaf, which is very 

 short, abrupt, slightly notched, finally torn. Panicle from 3 to 

 5 inches long, slender, close, except when in full flower, of a 

 purplish brown ; the branches half-whorled, roughish. Calyx- 

 valves ovate, acute, not pointed, single-ribbed ; sometimes be- 

 sprinkled with short hairs. Corolla nearly as long as the calyx, 

 both valves membranous, flat, abrupt, and notched ; the outer 

 with 2 ribs near each margin, and a straight awn from the middle 

 of its back, scarcely overtopping the glume j inner smaller, with 

 solitary, marginal ribs. Hairs but half the length of the largest 

 valve, a little elongated as the seed ripens. 



