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men arundinaceum acerosa gluma nostras. In the low moist 

 grounds by Eatcliffe neere London."— Park. Theatr. 1273. 



Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Sp. PI. 28 (1753). 1666. 

 " Gramen AnthozantUuni spicatum J. B. torn. 2, pag. 46G. locum 

 non memini." — Merrett, 48. 



Hierochloe borealis Roem. & Scliult. Syst. Veg. ii. 513 (1817). 

 1821. " In a narrow valley called Kella, Angus. G. Don." — 

 Hook. Scot. 28. "Discovered in 1812."— E. B. S. 2641 (1830). 



Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. i. 23 (1762). A. o(jrestis L. 

 1597. " Gramen alopecuroides minus. In the moist furrowes of 

 fertill fields." — Ger. 10. " Near Paddington," Buddie. — Ray Syn. 

 iii. 397 (1724). 



A. fulvus Sm. E. B. 1467 (1805). 1796. " By the stews in 

 Edgbaston Park," near Birmingham. — With. Bot. Arr. ed. 3, 121, 

 as var. oi A. qenicidatus. 



A. geniculatus L. Sp. PI. 60 (1753). 1597. " Gr. fluviatile 

 spicatum." — Ger. 13. 



A. bulbosus Gouan, Hort. Monsp. 37 (1762), 1724. "Gra- 

 men myosuroides nodosum. Found by Mr. Jam. Sherard." — Dill, 

 in Ray Syn. iii. 397, with a figure, but no locality. "In the first 

 field next the road before you go into Northfleet (Kent). Dr. 

 Wilmer."— Huds. ed. 1, 24 (1762). 



A. pratensis L. Sp. PI. 60 (1753). 1597. "Gramen alo- 

 pecuroides majus. In the moist furrowes of fertill fields." — Ger. 9. 



A. alpinus Sm. E. B. 1126 (1803). 1803. " Mr. G. Donn 

 has favoured us with this new species of Alopecurus, discovered by 

 himself on mountains about Loch Nagore [Lochnagar] in Aberdeen- 

 shire." — E. B. I.e. "Mr. R. Brown .... informs me that he 

 communicated it to Mr. G. Don."— Sm. E.Fl. i. 80 (1824). Brown 

 discovered the plant in August, 1794, as stated on the ticket accom- 

 panying his specimens in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Milium effusum L. Sp. PI. 61 (1753). 1597. "Gramen 

 miliaceum." — Ger. 6. Johns. Kent (1632), 29. 



Phleum alpinum L. Sp. Pl.^ 59 (1753). 1777. " Said to be 

 found on Craigneulict above Killin." — Lightf. Fl. Scot. 1133. 

 "In montibus prope Garway Moor," Scotland. — Jas. Dickson in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 288 (1794). 



P. pratense L. Sp. PI. 59 (1753). 1633. " Gramen typhinum 

 majus. . . . Plentifully . . . about London." — Ger. em. 11. 



P. phalaroides Eoel. Gram. Gall. & Germ. 52 (1802). 1785. 

 " On Newmarket Heath." — Relhan, Fl. Cambs. 23. " First dis- 

 covered in Great Britain by Mr. Woodward & Mr. Crowe near 

 S\vafl:"ham, Norfolk, in 1780."— With. Bot. Arr. ed. 2, QQ (1787). 



P. arenarium L. Sp. PI. 60 (1753). 1670. "Gramen ty- 

 phinum maritimum minus. Sea Cat's tail Grass." — Ray Cat. 157. 

 " Observed upon Swaffham heath by James Crowe Esq. and on 

 that of Newmarket by the Rev. Mr. Hemsted."— E. B. 222 (1794). 



Mibora verna Beauv. Agrost. 167 (1812). Knapijiaaqrostidea 

 Sm. E. B. 1127 (1803). 1762. " Habitat in Wallia, D. Stillingfleet 

 invenit." — Huds. Fl. Angl. 28; but see Knapp, Gram. Brit. 110. 

 "Frequent in sandy pastures on the south-west coast of Anglesea, 



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