TRIANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Alia. 105 



copper-colour in general, with membranous edges ; in /3 and 7 

 mucii paler, or greenish. Awn bent and twisting, twice as long 

 as the calyx. Nectary deeply divided, full as long as the germen. 

 Styles spreading, with distant, oblong, feathery stigmas. 

 /3 has some marks of a distinct species, in the extreme slenderncs.s, 

 and slight roughness, of its leaves, as well as in the more irre- 

 gular disposition, and greater straightncss, of the branches of 

 its panicle. Nor is its pale colour owing to want of air or 

 light. Yet the flcxiiosa varies too much to allow of the esta- 

 blishment of a decisive difference. A. montuna of Linneeus is 

 very different, with broader leaves, and much smvWQvJioivers, in 

 a more compact panicle . It was not known to Mr. Hudson. 



6. A. canescens. Grey Hair-grass. 



Panicle rather dense. Florets shorter than the calyx. Awn 

 club-shaped, not longer; hairy at the joint. Leaves 

 bristle-shaped. 



A. canescens. Linn. Sp. PL 07. Tnud. v.].370. Fl.Br.S6. Engl. 

 Bot. V. 17. t. 1 190. Dicks. Dr. PL 4. fVith. 137. t. 24. Knapp 

 t.34. Schrad.Germ. v.]. 263. Ehrh.Calam.34. Fl.Dan. t. 1023. 



Avena n. 1483. Hall. Hist v. 2. 228. 



Gramen miliaceum maritimum molle. Dill, in Raii Syn. 405. 



G. foliis junceis oblongis, radice alba. Scheuchz. Agr. 242. t. 4. 

 /. 29, 30. 



G. junceum. Dalech. Hist. 424. f. 425. 



G. exile durius, Norvegicum aut Danicum. Loh. Advers. Nov. 466./. 



On the sandy sea coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk. 



Perennial. July. 



Root somewhat creeping, with long capillary fibres. Stems slender, 

 smooth, a span high, more or less, often inclining, with several 

 joints ; leafy at the lower part. Leaves very numerous, chiefly 

 radical, in dense tufts, erect, triangular, extremely slender, 

 glaucous, minutely downy. Stipula lanceolate, decurrent. Pani- 

 cle 1 to 2 inches long, spreading when in full bloom, but other- 

 wise rather close. FL small, variegated with purple, wdiite, and 

 a glaucous green. Anth. dark purple. The most peculiar cha- 

 racter exists in the awn, wliose lower half is twisted j the up})er 

 straight and club-shaped 5 the joint surrounded with a whorl of 

 minute bristles. 



7. A. prcccox. Early Hair-grass. 



Panicle close, erect. Florets the length of the calyx, both 

 sessile. Awn nearly twice as long, irom the base of the 

 valve. I^eaves bristle-shaped, v/ith angular sheaths. 



A. praecox. Linn. Sp. PL 97. ^Filld, v. 1. 380. FL Br. 87. EngL 

 Bot. V. 18. /. 129fi. Curt. Land. fasc. 3. f. 7. Knapp L 36. 



