362 GRAMINA. 



780. A. vulgaris, With. Common Bent Grass. 



Native ; in dry pastures, on commons, banks, and in waste turfy 



places. Very common. July, August. Area general. 



One of the most widely diffused gTasses. It helps to form the turf of 



gardens in the town of Plymouth, as well as that of the open commons 



and sea-banks of the area. The var. h. pumila occurs in turfy pastures 



about Dartmoor. 



Our four species of Agrostis are all named in Dr. Jacob's Flora, but 

 no special stations are given. 



PSAMMA, Beauv. 



781. P. arenaria, R. and S. Murram. 



Native ; in sand on the coast, or by the waters of an estuary. 

 Very rare and local. July, 

 D. VI. In sandy soil just above Meadowfoot Cove, below Mothecombe ; 

 also on the eastern side of the Erme estuary, near Kingston. 



CAL AM AGROSTIS, AdaTis. 



782. C. Epigeios, Roth. Wood Small Reed. 



Native ; in a bushy place above a river estuary. Very rare. Part 

 of July, August. 

 B. VI. On the edge of a low crumbling cliff on the Kingston side of the 

 Erme estuary, opposite Mothecombe, extending for a few yards, 

 intermixed with stunted bushes of Rosa spinosissima, Ligus- 

 trmn vulgare, &c., 1876. 



PHRAGMITES, Trin. 



783. P. communis, Trin. Common Reed. 



Native ; in low swampy places and on mud by rivers ; also on 

 cliffs and in bushy spots by the coast. Common. September, 

 October, 

 c. I. Downderry. Seaton Valley. By the Notter, near Stoketon. 

 II. Calstock ; Tregantle ; Cawsand ; Keys, Fl. iii. 269. Near Rame 

 Head. St. Johns. Wilcove. 

 D. III. Lophill ! ; Gould, and Harper, S. D. Lit. Chron. 131 ; 1846. 

 Near Saltash Passage ! ; Keys, ih. By Weston Mills Lake, 

 below Barn Copse, J879. Beer Ferrers. 

 IV. Mount Batten ; Keys, ih. Between Bovisand and Wembury. 

 [Boggy pit below Saltram gardens, 1870; destroyed shortly 

 after. ] 

 V. Wembury. Revelstoke. By Bigbury Bay, at Wadham. 

 There is little doubt but that it grows in District vi., though I have no 

 record of it there. 



