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P. glauca. Glaucous Meadow-grass. Fig. 1531. 
Panicle spreading. Spikelets ovate, 2-3-flowered, hairy at the base. 
Ligules of the lower leaves very short and blunt. Mountains. 1-2 ft. 
Perenn. June. (§) E. B. 1. 1720. E.B. 2.132. II.fyArn. 553. 
Lind. 317. 
P. c.-esia. Fig. 1532. 
A variety of glauca. Leaves broad, blunt. Florets about 5. Moun¬ 
tain pastures. 1-2 ft. Perenn. June. (|) E.B.\.\7\9. E.B.2. 
133. H. Sf Am. 552? Bab. 401. Lind. 317. 
P. nemoralis. Wood Meadow-grass. Fig. 1533. 
Panicle spreading; the branches waved, hair-like. Florets 3, in 
lanceolate spikelets. Glumes 3-ribbed. Ligules short, notched. Woods. 
l|-3ft. Perenn. July and Aug. (|) E. B. 1. 1265. E. B. 2.134. 
II. Am. 553. Bab. 401. Lind. 317. 
P. Borreri. Borrers Meadow-grass. Fig. 1534. 
Panicle spreading, in fruit ascending. Outer palea with a minute 
point formed of the midrib. Leaves flat. Salt marshes. 6-8 in. 
Perenn.? July. (|) E. B. Supp. 2797. H.fyArn. 549. Bab. 404. 
P. fltjitans. Sweet-grass. Fig. 1535. 
Panicle nearly erect, slightly branched. Spikelets linear-oblong, of 
7-12 florets. Leaves folded on the midrib. Ditches and pool-margins. 
1-2 ft. Perenn. June-Aug. (§) E. B. 1. 1520. E. B. 2. 119. 
II. fy Am. 548. Bab. 403. Lind. 315. 
P. loliacea. Wheat Meadow-grass. Fig. 1536. 
Spikelets linear-oblong, of 8-12 florets, alternate, solitary; footstalks 
very short. Lower palea with distinct marginal veins. Sandy shores. 
6 in. Ann. June. (§) E.B. 1. 221. E. B. 2. 181. II. fy Am. 
550. Bab. 405. Lind. 297. 
Genus 25. Triodia. 
T. decumbens. Heath-grass. Fig. 1537. 
Panicle simple, condensed, erect. Florets 4, in an ovate spikelet the 
length of the calyx. Plant rigid, decumbent. Moors. 8 in. Perenn. 
July. Pinkish. (|) E.B. 1.792. E.B. 2.135. II. fy Am. 554. 
Bab. 399. Lind. 311. 
Genus 26. Briza. 
B. media. Quaking-grass. Fig. 1538. 
Spikelets broadly ovate, on slender pendent branches ; glumes shorter 
than the lower florets. Ligule short. Downs; common. 1 ft. Perenn. 
June. Purplish. (§) E.B. 1.340. E.B.2. 13 7. H.fyArn. 555. 
Bab. 405. Lind. 315. 
B. minor. Smaller Quaking-grass. Fig. 1539. 
Spikelets triangular; glumes longer than the florets. Ligule elon¬ 
gated, acute. Fields; rare. 1ft. Ann. July. Green, (|) E.B. 1. 
1316. E.B. 2. 136. II. fy Am. 555. Bab. 405. Lind. 315. 
Genus 27. Dactylis. 
D. geomerata. Cock' s-foot-gr ass. Fig. 1540. 
Panicle distantly branched. Spikelets in dense tufts, leaning one 
wav. Fields. 1-2 ft. Perenn. June-Aug. (§) E. B. 1. 335. 
E. B. 2. 138. II. fyAm. 555. Bab. 406. Lind. 310. 
