170 
C. PARADOXA. Fig. 1G91. 
1 -2 feet high. Spikes narrow, panicled. Fruit ovate, many-ribbed 
near base; beak not split nor winged ou back. Bogs; rare. June, 
July. E.B.S. 2896. Bab. 667. 
C. Bonninghausiana. Fig. 1692. 
Inflorescence very long. Lower spikelets alternately branched. Fruit 
serrulate from below middle. Glumes equalling the fruit, silvery, 
smooth. Marshes, &c. June. E. B. S. 2910. Bab.‘668. 
C. Buxbaumii. Fig. 1693. 
Stem rough. Sheaths with netlike filaments. Spikes 3-4. Glumes 
cuspid. Fruit oval, compressed, bidentate. Nut trigonous, apiculate. 
June. E.B.S. 2885. Bab. 672. 
Order CVI. GRAMINEiE. 
Genus G*. Leersia. Cut-grass. 
L. oryzotdes. Fig. 1694. 
Leaves broad, rough-edged. Panicle with wavy branches. Keel of 
glume ciliate. S. counties. Aug., Sept. E. B. S. 2908. Bab. 393. 
Genus 13*. Apera. Wind-grass. 
A. interrupta. Fig. 1695. 
Panicle close. Anthers oval. Awn very long. E. counties. June, 
July. E.B.S. 2951. Bab. 395. 
Genus 24. Poa. Meadow-grass. 
P. Balfourii. Fig. 1696. 
Boot-fibres perennial, creeping. Panicle spreading. Flowers 3 or 4, 
webbed. Ligule prominent, blunt. Mountains. July. E. B. S. 2918. 
Bab. 402. 
P. Parnellii. Fig. 1697. 
Stem ascending. Panicle rather close. Upper sheath longer than 
its leaf. Flow'ers 2-3, acute, free. Ligule very short. Teesdale. July. 
E.B.S. 2916. Bab. 403. 
Genus 24*. Glyceria. Flote-grass. 
G. fluitans. Fig. 1698. 
Stem floating. Panicle secund, slightly branched, very long. Spike- 
lets of 7-12 acute flowers. Lower palese three times as long as broad. 
Anthers long, purple. June-Sept. Bab. 403. 
Genus 35. Triticum. Wheat-grass. 
T. acute m. Fig. 1699. 
Leaves ribbed (rough even above). Spike close. Glumes 5-7-ribbed, 
blunt or mucronate. Sea-shores. July, Aug. Bab. 412. 
Genus 37. Lolium. Rye-grass. 
L . linicola. Fig. 1700. 
Stem erect: no barren shoots. Spikelets 7-11-flowered. Lower 
pale longer than its awn or awnless. Sussex, Yorkshire. June, July. 
E.B.S. 2955. Bab. 414. 
