172 GRAMINE^. 



ARRHEUATRERUM Pal. de Beam, Oat Gbass. 



1. A. elatlus {Linn.) M. ^ K. 



Meadows, pastures, and hedge banks — very common. Fl. June and 

 July. 



The var. hulbosum is the common form, and on accoimt of its knobbed 

 stems is known to the country people as " pearls." It is a well known 

 cattle remedy. 



TRZODA R, Brown, Heath Grass. 



1. T. decuxnbens Beauv. 



Heaths, and stony or sandy places— frequent. Fl. mid. June till end 

 of July. Ranges from sea level to 1400 feet, 

 Down — Kinnegar at Hol5n;rood ; Flor. Belf. Slieve Donard, and in stony 



and heathy places on the coast from Strangf ord to Kilkeel ; 



S.A.S. Ballyholme, andGroomsport; T.H.C. Slievemartin ; 



E. C. Hart, Froc. E.I.A. 

 Antrim— Sandy pastures in the Plains ; Tetnpleton^ 1797 (now built over). 



Belfast hiQs ; Flor. Belf. Black Mountain, and Cave Hill ; 



Flor. Vlst. Fairhead, Knocklayd, and Rathlin ; S.A.S. 

 Derry — Abundant on moory pastures near the mountains ; D.M. Very 



luxuriant on the shore of Lough Beg near Toome ; S.A.S. 



Benbradagh ; E. C. Hart, op. cit. 



SOEKERZA Per soon. 



1. K. crlstata [Linn.) Pers. Crested Hair Grass. 

 Sandy seaside pastures— rather rare. Fl. mid. June till end of July. 

 Down — High grassy banks above the rocks on the shore about one mile 

 south of Newcastle ; Templeton, 1799. Shore at Strangford, 

 and Castleward ; Flor. Ulst. Shore between Bangor and 

 Ballyholme; S.A.S. 

 Antrim — Islandmagee, and pastures on the shore near Giants' Causeway ; 

 Templeton. Sandy seashore at Garronpoint, and specially 

 abundant on Rath fin ; S.A.S. 

 Derry — Common on sandy shores, and in rocky places along the coast from 

 Magilligan to Portrush ; D.M. Castlerock ; R.Ll.P. 

 Cannot be found on Cave Hill as stated in Flora of Ulster — some error. 



XVXEXiZCA Linn. Melic. 



1. XMt. unlflora Betz. 



Shady banks in glens and woods— frequent but seldom abundant. Fl. 



