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CATABROSA, Beauv. 



800. C. aquatica, Presl. Water Whoi^l-Grass. 



Native ; in shallow water ; or on the mud of ditches, pools, and 

 roadside drains. Rare and local. June, July. 

 0. I. Sparingly in a damp spot by the roadside, two miles from Saltash, 

 on the road to Landrake, 1875. In abundance in a stream in 

 a meadow below Trematon Hall. In plenty in a wet spot by a 

 stream beloAv Wayswandra farm-house, between Wooton Cross 

 and Filbridge. Lane near Notter Bridge. 

 II. In plenty in and about a stream at Combe, and also at Pill, near 

 Saltash. Kmgsmill, just above the inlet. 

 D. III. Weston Mills ; Brent, Keys, FL iii. 279 ; occurs in moist or wet 

 spots between that and Swilly, also by the lane leading thence 

 to Ford. Plymouth and Saltash Road, near the Camel's Head 

 Inn. 

 (IV. Ditch at Compton ; Holmes, Keys, ih.) 



The cause of the peculiar and strikmgiy local distribution of this grass 

 is not apparent. 



GLYCEEIA, R. Br. 



801. G. fluitans, Brown. Floating Meadow-Gi^ass. 



Kative ; by and m the water of shallow ponds, pools, ditches, 

 and slow streams. Very common. June to September. Area 

 general. 

 JMet with both in the enclosed country and in the open moory tracts. 

 The var. h. pedicellata. Towns., occurs m many places. I have often 

 found it difficult to divide plants of the neighbourhood between it and 

 eu-Jiuitaiu, Syme. Specimens from the vale below Ford (District iii.), 

 near Longbridge (iv.), and between Battisborough and Lolesbury (v.), 

 agree fairly with examples of pedicellata collected and named by jMr. 

 Townsend himself. 

 G. fluitans is liable to be attacked by ergot. 



802. G. plicata, Fries. Folded-leaved Meadow-Grass. 



Native ; about and in the water of shallow ponds, pools, ditches, 



and slow streams. Rather common. June to September, 

 c. II. Wet place under a grove of trees between Saltash and St. 



Stephens ; satisfactory a. genuina, Syme. 

 D. III. Ditch in the lawn at Beaconsfield, and in a field nearly in front of 



Swilly farm-house. Near Boldventure. Plymouth and Saltash 



Road, about three miles from Plymouth. Near Warleigh, 



Tamerton Foliot. 

 IV. By the tram-road at Crabtree. Hooe, by the road to Staddon. 



Between Elburton and Plympton. Compton. Vale below Egg 



Buckland village. 



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