CHAPTER III. 



OP THE DIFFERENT GRASSES, AND OTHER PLANTS, WHICH ARE 

 NATURAL TO DRY, SANDY, AND ELEVATED SOILS. 



The former class of grasses was distinguished by their 

 superior size, the greater succulency of every part of their 

 structure, and by their broad green leaves — all indicating 

 the fertile nature and sheltered situation of the soil that pro- 

 duces them ; and the following grasses are distinguished 

 from these by their dwarfish size, and the wiry appearance 

 of every part of their structure, which sufficiently denote the 

 poverty of their natural soil. 



Sheep's-fescue (festuca ovina), viviparous-fescue {festuca 

 vimpara), purple-fescue {festuca rubra), pubescent-fescue 

 {festuca dumetorum), glaucous-fescue ( festuca glauca), wall- 

 fescue {festuca mj/iirus), wall-barley {hordeum murinum), 

 fine-bent {agrostis vulgaris), brown-bent {agrostis canina), 

 lobed-bent {agrostis lohata), rock-bent {trichodium rupestre), 

 snowy-bent {trichodium niveum), purple-bent {trichodium 

 caninum, var. muticum, which see under the head of 

 grasses natural to wet soils), tufted-leaved bent {agrostis 

 fascicularis), waved hair-grass {aira Jiexuosa), feather-grass 

 {stipa pennata), slender foxtail {alopecurus agrestis), hairy oat- 

 grass {avena pubescens), blue melic-grass {melica cmrulea), 

 upright mat-grass {nardus s^n'c^a), blood -coloured panic-grass 

 {panicum sanguinale), green panic-grass {panicum viride), 

 barren brome-grass {bromus sterilis), crested brome-grass 

 {bromus cristatus), upright annual brome-grass {bromus 

 diandrus), nodding brome-grass {bromus tectorum), alpine 

 meadow-grass {poaalpina), alpine foxtml {alopecurus a/pinus), 

 blue moor-grass {sesleria carulea), crested hair-grass {aira 

 cristata), panicled cat's-tail grass {phleum paniculatum), 



