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pratenfis, the Poa trivialis would continue fending 
forth flowering ftems in fucceffion until late in 
September. Sheep. horfes, and goats eat it. Cows 
and {wine are not fond of it.. § P. May. June. 
niet pretties lend. 
Ulplosfhér léna. 
EncuisH.—Meadow Fox-tail-gra/s. 
Ob. Roots fibrous. Stems two feet or more, 
upright, leafy. Leaves fomewhat rough. Sheath- 
feale fhort, ftriated. Spike from one to two inches, 
upright, clofe, foft, acute, many flowered. - To» 
the eye of the inexperienced botanift it may ap- 
pear as Phleum pratenfe, but is readily diftin- 
guifhed from it by its long awns, its clofe tiled 
florets, its foft feel when drawn between the 
hand, and by its tapering fpike. 
A. Stems feeble, knee bent; {pike cylindrical; geniculatus. 
awns of the calyx longer than the valves ; blof- 
fom awnlefs. 
- Common in ftagnant waters, in muddy ditches, 
and where water lodges during the winter ;. 
marfhes in the Phoenix Park, North-wall, in the 
Lots, in muddy ftreams and ditches about Glafsne- 
vin, Finglafs and Drumcondra, county of Dublin. 
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