368 GRAMINA. 



KOELEKIA, Peru. 



797. K. cristala, Pers. Crested Hair Grass. 



Native ; in waste places and in old unbroken pasture land on 

 calcareous soil. Rare, and very local. June. 

 D. III. Mount Wise, Devonport ; Holmes ; Devil's Point ! ; Brent, Keys, 

 Fl. iii. 274. 

 IV. Saltram ; Mr. C. Johns, Jacob, Fl. part 15. Plymouth ; Hore ; 

 under the Hoe ; Holmes ; ! 1879. Cattedown, on limestone 

 rubble ; also on old cuttings in slaty soil at Prince Rock. 

 Mount Batten. Near Radford. By a lane near Hay farm-house. 

 First record : Jacob, 1836. 



MOLINIA, Schrank. 



798. M. cserulea, Moench. Purple Hair Grass. 



Native ; on moors, in peaty marshes, and damp places on com- 

 mons. Locally common. August, September. 

 c. I. Wacker. Near Polbathick. Notter Valley. Pillaton Down. 



II. Marsh by St. Johns Lake, in plenty. Below Kit Hill. 

 D. III. Roborough Down ! ; Banker, Keys, Fl. iii. 275. Gawton. 



IV. Shaugh Bridge ; Keys, ib. Derriford, &c., Egg Buckland. Lee 



Moor. Sheepstor. 

 V. Dartmoor ; Fl. Dev. 15 ; in the Yealm Vale. Cornwood ; Keys, 



Fl. iii. 275. Crownhill Down. 

 VI. Ivybridge (bearing ergot); Brent, ib. Hanger Down. Erme 

 Valley. 

 Very common in moory districts, sometimes being one of the most 

 frequent species for acres together, but quite extirpated from certain 

 tracts through cultivation. 



MELICA, L. 



799. M. uniflora, Eetz. Wood Melic Grass. 



Native ; in hilly woods, on woodland banks, and in shady lanes. 

 Rather common. May. 

 0. I. Between Seaton and Hessenford. Sconner. Near Moditon Mill. 

 Near Pillaton Mill. 

 IL Hatt. Cotehele Wood. 

 D. III. Manadon Wood ! ; Keys, S. D. Lit. Chron. 385 ; Maristow ; id., 

 Fl. iii. 275. Budshead Wood. Warleigh Wood. Blaxton. 

 Gawton, &c.. Beer Ferrers. 

 IV. Saltram ; Bickleigh Vale ; Keys, Fl. ib. Shalaford Lane and 



Connnon Wood, Egg Buckland. Plymbridge. 

 V. Near Yealmpton. 



VI. Pamflete. Saltercress, Kingston. Strood. 

 Very dissimilar to all our other grasses. 



