434 THE GRASS FAMILY. 



Eemarkable for its woolly joints, and the general whiteness of the little panicles, 

 which are the only ones of the kind found under trees. 



The habitats of the two species are exactly the reverse of each other. 



25. WiEE-GEASs — {Nardus stricta.) 

 Moors and heaths, everywhere ; and in dry moory fields, occasionally. 

 Abundant on all the high hills. Dunham Park. Fl. June. 

 Curtis, iv. 584; E. B. v. 290; Baxter, iv. 300, 



26. Wood Baelet-grass — [Hordeum sylvatieum.) 

 Cotterill Clough ; the only station known for it hereabouts. Fl. July. 

 E. B. xix. 1317; Baxter, vi. 496 (both as Elymus EuropcBUs). 



27. CotrcH Grass — (^Agropyron rcpens.) 

 Cultivated farm-land, and in hedges, everywhere, — a pestilent weed. 

 The awned variety plentiful about Ashley, &c. Fl. July — September. 



E. B. xiii. 909 ; Baxter, iii. 112 (both as Triticum repens). 



28. Dogs' Wheat-grass — {Agropyron caninum.) 

 Shady places, and on the banks of rivers, where there are trees. 

 Plentiful between Bowdon and Cotterill, and on the banks of the 

 Irwell, from Agecroft upwards. Hough End Clough. Fl. July, 



August. 



E. B. XX. 1372 (as Triticum caninum). 



29. Common Ray-grass — [Loltum perinne.) 

 Everywhere in meadows and pastures, on hedgebanks, and dry way- 

 sides. Fl. all summer. 



Curtis, iii. 449 ; E. B. v. 315; Baxter, ii. 110. 

 A very variable grass, the racemes of all degrees of tenuity and contraction, and 

 sometimes even branched. 



The remarkably liandsome plant called "Italian ray-grass" {" LdUinii multi- 

 florum), originally imported from the Continent, and much sown on farm-land, 

 whence it has escaped into a seemingly wild condition, is a variety of the 

 L.percnne, induced by cultivation abroad. It is distinguished by its great size, 

 and very long awns. 



30. Darnel — {Ldlium temulintum.) 



Cornfields, as a weed, but rather local. Between Apethorne and 



Gee Cross. (Mr. Sidebotham.) Chorlton. Prestwich. Bowdon. So 



exceeding a])undant at Mobbcrlcy, among wheat, every year, that in 



a single walk through the fields, a large sheaf may be collected. This 



