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FLOWERS OK THE HEATHS AND MOORS 



philous, pollinated by the wind. The llowers open between 12 and 

 I a.m. The stigma is mature first. The spikelets open at the top for 

 the stigma and the stamens to protrude. 



The fruit, slighUy attached to the [lanicle and adhering to the 

 palea, is readily blown away by the wind. 



This grass is a peat-loving plant growing in a humus soil. 



M.^T-GR.XSS {Xari/iis slriiia, L.) 



I'lloto. Flatters & Oanictt 



Nai'diis, Theophrastus, is a Greek name nai-dos, for sweet-smelling 

 ointment, and it is unknown why it is applied to this grass. Mat- 

 grass is known by the names ot Black, W'hite, or Wire Bent, Ling, 

 Mat-reed, Nard. 



Essential Specific Chak.\cters: — 



344. Nardus stricta, L. — Ca;spitose, stem erect, rigid, leaves the 

 same, slender, spike unilateral, close, awn short, palea purple. 



