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near St. Mellion village. Wall at Tideford, and sparingly close 

 to Heskyn Mill by the road to Cutmere. 

 11. Wall at Weir, near Millbrook. Dry bank by Hay Lane, near 

 Trevol. 

 D. III. On two walls at Honicknowle. By the side of the road from 

 Knackersknowle to Taraerton Foliot, near the old mine work- 

 ings. By the footpath on the Plymouth and Tavistock Road, 

 near Fancy Corner. 

 IV. [Laira Green ; Rev. W. S. Hore, Jacoh^ FL part 17 ; probably 

 extinct. ] Near Laira Bridge, on limestone rubble ! ; Keys, FL 

 iii. 276. Lipson, 1876. Crabtree. Egg Buckland ; at Leigham, 

 on a wall by the tramway, on slaty refuse at Rumple, hedge- 

 bank by Estover Lane, at Colwell, and in a dry field at Common 

 Wood. By the quay at Pomphlet, on the Saltram side of the 

 Laira waters. In plenty in an old limestone quarry near 

 Wixenford farm-house. Crown Hill, Knackersknowle. [By 

 the footpath at South Devon Place, Plymouth, some years ago ; 

 since destroyed. ] 

 V. On a wall bounding Langdon Hall grounds. On one in the village 

 of Knighton. On another at Newton Ferrers. One between 

 Harestone and Efford. 

 VI. In two places on walls at iN^bridge, close to the road to Erming- 



ton, 1879. 

 An inconspicuous grass, liable to be overlooked, and so to be considered 

 rarer than it really is. 



First record : Jacob, 1836. 



813. P. pratensis, L. Smooth Meadoiv-Grass. 



Native ; in fields, waste places, on dry banks, wjill-tops, &c. Very 

 common. May to July, or later. Area general. 

 One of the commonest of plants, forming a considerable portion of the 

 gi'ass growing in gardens, &c., m and about the town ; very frequent 

 also on wall-tops and dry banks close to Plymouth. 



814. P. trivialis, L. Bough Meadov-Grass. 



Native ; in damp places by roadsides, in pastures, waste shady 

 spots, &c. Very common. June, July. 

 Grows close to the town, as between Plpnouth and Milehouse, and 

 often abounds by drains at roadsides. 



BRIZA, L. 



815. B. media, L. Common Quaking-Grass. 



Native ; in old dry or barren pastures, in bushy waste places, and 

 on rocky banks, mostly on a limestone soil. Rather rare and 

 local. June, part of July. ^ 



