FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS. 473 



rarius." — Ray Hist. ii. 1265. "On Banstead Downs, M. Doody." 

 —Ray Fasc. 11 (168B). 



Molinia varia Schrank, Baier Fl. (1789). 1666. " Gr. 

 pratense spica Lavendulic. Below the Park on the farther side of 

 Micham Common" [Surrey]. — Merrett, 57. 



Catabrosa aquatica Beauv. Agr. 97 (1812). 1655. " Gra- 

 men dulce iidorum. . . . Udis Londinensis agri juxta Thamesis 

 amoenissima flnenta . . . gaudet." — Lob. 111. 10. 



Melica nutans L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 98 (1762). 1696. " This 

 was sent by Mr. Pettiver out of the North, and by him communi- 

 cated to us." — Ray Syn. ii. 262. " a D. FitzRoberts circa Ken- 

 dalium Westmorlandiae oppidum primarium collectum et ad me 

 transmissum est." — Id. 325. 



M. uniflora Retz, Obs. i. 10 (1779). 1632. " Gramen aven- 

 aceum rariore grano nemorense Lob." — Johns. Kent. p. 36. 



Dactylis glomerata L. Sp. PI. 71 (1753). 1640. " Calama- 

 grostis torosa panicula ... by the hedge sides in many Countries 

 of the Kingdome."— Park. 1182, 5. 



Briza media L. Sp. PI. 70 (1753). 1570. " Phalaris pra- 

 tensis minor . . . herbidis pratensibusque . . . Anglire oritur." — 

 Lob. Adv. 16. 



B. minor L. Sp. PL 70 (1753). 1778. " Prope Bath— D. 

 Alchorne."— Huds. ed. ii. 38. 



Poa anmia L. Sp. PL 68 (1753). 1597. " Very plentifully 

 among the hop-gardens in Essex," &c. — Ger. 2. 



P. bulbosa L. Sp. PL 70 (1753). 1762. " Prope Clapham in 

 Com. Surriensi." — Huds. ed. i. 34. " Dom. Stone nuper prope 

 Yarmouth spontaneam invenit." — Sm. Fl. Brit. pref. p. 7 (1800). 



P. alpina L. Sp. PL 67 (1753). 1777. " On the sides of 

 Craig-challeach, above Finlarig, in Breadalbane, Mr. Stuart." — 

 Lightf. FL Scot. i. 96. 



P. laxa Haenke in -Jirasek, Beob. Riesengeb. 118 (1791). 1800. 

 "On Ben Nevis, Mr. Mackay."— Sm. Fl. Brit. 101 {" P. Jiexiiosa"). 



P. glauca With. Bot. Arr. ed. 3, ii. 148 (1796). 1778. " P. 

 pratensis (3 alpina. In montibus Westmorlandicis, Cumberlandicis, 

 &c."— Huds. ed. 2, 39. " Crib y Ddeseil [Snowdon] , Mr. Griffith." 

 —With. l. c. 



P. Balfourii Parnell in Ann. N. H. x. 122 (1842). 1842. 

 " Gathered by Dr. Balfour on Ben Voirlich, near the head of Loch 

 Lomond." — Parnell, I. c. 121. 



P. nemoralis L. Sp. PL 69 (1753). 1762. " In sylvis et 

 umbrosis." — Huds. i. 35. " Seems to have been first noticed in 

 England by Mr. Hudson or by myself, who sent it to him in the year 

 1759."— Mr. Pulteney. 



P. compressa L. Sp. PL 69 (1753). 1724. "On the walls 

 about Eltham. . . . Mr. J. Sherard."— Ray Syn. iii. 409. 



P. pratensis L. Sp. PL 67 (1753). 1597. " Gr. pratense 

 minus." — Ger. 2. 



P. trivialis L. Sp. PL 67 (1753). 1597. " Gr. pratense."— 

 Ger. 2. This and the last-named (P. pratensis) were first well dis- 

 tinguished by Hudson and Curtis. 



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