568 GRAMINACEAE 



H. lanatus, Linn. Sp. PI. 1048 '1753). Meadow Soft Grass. 



Granien lanahan Balechampii, J. Bauhin, Hist. ii. 466. 

 Top. Bot. 483. Syme, E. B. xi. 84, t. 1744. Nyman, 809. Fl. Oxf. 338. 

 Native, Agrestal, pratal, &c. Meadows, cultivated and fallow fields, 

 and waste places. Abundant and generally distributed. P. 

 May-July. 

 First record. H. lanatus, Mavor in Agr. Berks, 1809. With Sphaeria 

 typMna, Pers. about Oxford, Baxt. Phaen. Bot. 64, 1834. 

 A rather elegant species, of no great agricultural value, which is 

 found in all the bordering counties. 



TRISETUM, Pers. Syn. i. 97 :i8o5\ 

 T. pratense, Pers, 1, c, not of Parnell. Yellow Oat Grass. 



T. flaxescens, Beauv, Agrost, 88 (1812). Avena flavescens, Linn. Sp. PI. 



80 (1753), and Herb. p.p. 

 Top, Bot, 482, Syme, E, B. xi, 73, 1. 1736. Nyman, 812. Fl, Oxf, 340, 

 Native, Pascual. Meadows, pastures, roadsides ; an elegant species 



which is locally common, preferring dry situations. P. June- 



July. 

 First record. Avena flavescens, Dr, Noehden. Meadows, pastures, and 



hills. Beckoned the best of the genus for the use of the farmers, 



Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809, 



1. Isis, Pusey and Buckland, Boswell. Faringdon. Near Buscot. 



Longworth. Wytham, in the woodland drives as well as in the 

 Park, Appleton. Cumnor, Eaton Stibble. 



2. Ock. Marcham, Walker. Besilsleigh. Tubney, Cothill. Soutli 



Hinksey. Shippon. Blewbury, Frilford, Eadley. Didcot, 

 West Hanney. Kingston Bagpuze. 



3. Pang. Sulham. Bucklebury, Tufnail. Moulsford, Tilehurst. 



Purley. Frilsham. 



4. Kennet. Mortimer, Tufnail. Hampstead Marshall. Lambourn, 



Burghfield, Near Newbury. Common about Marlow, Mill. 



5. Loddon, Maidenhead. Sonning. Sandhurst. Near Windsor. 



Bray. Waltham. Home Park, common. 



This pretty grass is much more frequent than the preceding records 

 show. 



Forma lutescens (Arena Jlavescens, var, lutescens, Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ, et 

 Helv,, 1. 102, f. 205), occurs at Wytham, &c. Near Moulsford, the form 

 wdth purple anthers has been noticed, but I have not seen var. 

 variegatum ( = Avena flavescens, var, variegata, Gaud. Fl. Helv. i. 337, 

 Reichb. Ic. Fl, Germ, et Helv. i. f. 206) in Berkshire, but have gathered 

 it in Inverness-shire, 



Trisetum pratense is found in all the bordering counties. 



