TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Calamajrrostis. 



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Small Reed. Arundo Calamagrostls. Linn.- — [On the side of 

 litch on the borders of Aqualate Meer, Shropsh. Dr. Stokes. 

 Earsham Wood. Norf. Mr. Woodward. - Hard.vick Wood : 



123 





Wood Ditton; Park Wood. M 

 Mr. Robson.1 



Gastle Eden-dean. 



P. June. 



C. Panicle stiff and straight : blossoms small, hairy at the Epige'jos* 



base: leaves flat. 



£. lot. 402-//. $x. viii. 8, 2~Scheuch. pr. 5-Ger. em. <?• 1- 



Scheuch. 3. 3. C. D. 



Four or 5 feet high, unbranched. Leaves stiff, harsh. Panicle 

 very large. Calyx rough and strong. Bloss. thin and skin-like. 

 Awn from the back of the blossom very slender, with difficulty- 

 found on account of the long hairs from the base of the blossom 



\ 



besetting it. 



Wood Reed. Arundo EpigeJos.lAKS 

 Huds. and Bot. arr. ed. ii. Moist wo< 



Arundo Calamagrostls. 



Wood 



Mr. Woodward.] 

 (2) Awnless. 



[Ripton 



June, J 



C. Panicle spike-like : blossom hairy at the base : leaves arena'ria 



edges rolled inwards, pointed and thorn-like at the 



end. 



16-Clus 



7 



l~Ger. 38. 3-C. B. 6j~Ger. em. 42. 2r-$cheucb 9 3. 8. 

 A. B. C.-MonU 92. 



Leaves whilst growing frequently flat, with green and white 



streaks. 



Spike 4 to 6 inches long, | inch broad. 



as long as the blossom. 



'.Matweed. Mar 



Calyx twice 



Linn. 



Seashore. [At Ryde, in the Isle of Wight.] 



P. June, July.* 



* Grows only on the very driest sand upon the sea shore, and prevents 

 the wind from dispersing the sand over the adjoining fields, which is not 

 ^frequently the case where this plant is wanting. Many a fertile acre 

 has been covered with sand and rendered useless, which might have been 

 Prevented by sowing the seeds of this plant upon the shore. The Dutch 

 have profited by the knowledge of this fact. Linn. Queen Elizabeth on 

 this account prohibited the extirpation of it. It is planted, Mr. Wood- 

 ward informs me, on some of the fiat coasts of Norfolk to repel the sea. 

 He observes that as soon as it takes root a sand hill gathers round it, and 

 thinks that some of our sandy cliffs may have thus been formed. New- 



horough, in Anelesea, subsists chiefly by manufacturing it into mats and 

 ropes. 





