AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 103 
appendage at the base of each spikelet, is 
comb-like; Brzza media, Quaking Grass, one 
of the most elegant of our species, panicle very 
light, and with very slender branches, on 
which are suspended the purplish ovate 
spikelets. 
The twenty pasture grasses are here named ; 
we may mention also Melica nutans, Wood 
Melic Grass, the ornament of our woods and 
shady banks, glumes purple, panicle a raceme, 
lax, drooping over the handsome broad re- 
curved foliage ; also Brachypodium Sylvaticum, 
Slender Brome Wheat, a tall slender drooping 
grass in shady places, with divided loose 
panicle, and long hairy leaves; and Bromus 
Stervilis, Barren Brome Grass, which clothes 
our banks and walls with its gracefully droop- 
ing panicles everywhere. 
The only grass which has any injurious 
property is Lolzum temulentum, the Bearded 
Darnel; it is called Tare, and grows among 
wheat, which it resembles; the grains, when 
eaten, have a slightly intoxicating effect. 
Grasses are easily dried, and preserved for 
many years. The writer has a collection made 
80 years ago, which came into his possession 
