576 GRAMINACEAE 



Wickham, Donniiigton. Woolhampton. Aldermaston. Sul- 

 hampstead. Riever Wood. Inkpen. Hampstead Marshall. 



5. Loddon. Wood between Hurst and Reading, Melvill. Park 

 Place. Culham. Hurley. Quarry Wood. Arborfield. Long 

 Moor. Wokinghani. Coleman's Moor. Early. Wargrave. 

 Windsor Park. Abundant and luxuriant in Bisham Wood. 

 Ashley Hill. Knowl Hill. 



Melica is recorded for all the bordering counties. 



[Melica nutans, Linn. Sp. PI. 66 (1753), is recorded for Gloucestershire.] 



DACTYIilS, Linn. Gen. n. 80 (Roy. Lugdb. 56). 



D. glomerata, Linn. Sp. PI, 71 (1753^ and Herb. Cock's-foot Grass. 



Top. Bot. 494. Syme, E. B. xi. 136, t. 1778. Nyman, 819. FL Oxf.343. 

 Sutton, Perm. Past. t. vi. 



Native. Pascual, &c. Pastures, roadsides, waste places, preferring 

 shady situations and dampish soil. Abundant and generally dis- 

 tributed. P. May-July. 



First record. Sonning, Ifr. S. Budge in Herb. Brit. Mus. 1800. Not ill 



adapted for sheep-walks, but unsuitable for meadows, Br. Mavor's 



Agr. Berks, 1809. On banks and in rough places about Blewbury, 



Mr. J. Lousleij in Bussell's Cat. 1839. 



A viviparous form has been noticed on Boar's Hill. A form with 



very glaucous leaves and the lower branches of the panicle very long 



has been observed at Barkam ; it is probably the B. glaucescens, Willd. 



Enum. III. See Koch, Fl. Germ. i. 808. Badylis is found normally 



with purple anthers, but a yellow-anthered for m is ot uncommon. 

 Mr. F. Tufnail noticed a form with quite pendulous panicles at 



Crazey Hill, 



The Cock's-foot Grass, which in the young state can be recognized by 

 the much-flattened stem, is found plentifully in all the bordering 

 counties. 



BRIZA, Linn, Gen, n. 78. 

 B. media, Linn. Sp. PI. 70 (1753), and Herb. Totter Grass, Quakers. 



Top, Bot, 494. Syme, E. B. xi. 130, t. 1774. Nyman, 832. Fl. Oxf. 349. 

 Native, Pascual, Pastures, roadsides, boggy and heathy places, chalk 



downs, &c. Common and widely distributed, P. May-July. 

 First record. Sonning, Mr. S. Budge in Herb. Brit. Mus. 1800. An in- 

 different kind of pasture grass, Br. Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809, 

 Brisa is found in our wettest bogs, and also on our dry chalk downs. 

 Both yellow and purple anthered forms are found, the latter more 

 frequently. 



Var, viRENs, S, F. Gray, Nat, Arr. ii. 109. In this form the upper- 

 most sheath often embraces the panicle, and the glumes and pales are 



