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Woods, Ullswater; also on the Westmorland side of the same 
Lake, near the waterfall on Scale How. 
Melica uniflora. Wood Melic. 
More widely distributed than the preceding. Abundant in dry 
woods, and hedgebanks. Near Yeathouse Station, &c. 
Catabrosa aquatica. Water Whorl-grass. 
Another rare grass, growing in watery places. In a spring on 
the shore at Coulderton ; also in a brook in Lamplugh Hall Cow- 
pastures. 
Glyceria fluitans. Floating Sweet-grass. 
A common aquatic grass; its leaves frequently floating on the 
surface of pools. Cattle apparently relish it greatly. I have seen 
cows standing up to the udders in water, cropping the sweet and 
luxuriant herbage which it produces. 
Sclerochloa maritima. Sea Hard-grass. 
Growing sparingly on the shores of the Wampool estuary, near 
Anthorn. 
Schlerochloa procumbens. Procumbent Hard-grass. 
A plant of little economic value, which I found growing upon 
the sea banks and ballast hills about Silloth and elsewhere. I 
have also observed it on the line of the Solway Junction Railway, 
near Brayton Station, where it was doubtless introduced with the 
ballast used in the formation of the Railway. 
Poa annua, Annual Meadow-grass. 
An almost ubiquitous grass; on stone pitchings, pavements, 
waste grounds, gravel walks, etc. In some parts of the country 
called Suffolk-grass. Worthless in a great measure to the agricul- 
turist. Partridges eat the seeds with great avidity. 
Poa pratensis. Smooth-stalked Meadow-grass. 
A common and highly esteemed grass; though better adapted 
