pumila. 
30 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
nothing to recommend it except the beauty of its 
appearance, nor do better graffes thrive when in 
mixture with it. P. July. 
Caenpept coycyon. 
TRISH. wh ey 
Taenfhér coitchion. 
Encuisu.—Common Bent-grafs. 
Ob. Roots fibrous. Stems about 1 foot, up- 
right, fmooth, ftriated, leafy. Leaves narrow, 
acute, fomewhat rough. Sheath very long, with a 
very fhort fheath-fcale which runs down the fheath, 
and appearing as if gnawed. Panicle upright, 
fpreading, inclining to purple: branches hair-like, 
extending and fubdivided by 2 or 3 forked lefler 
divifions.. Calyx, valves nearly equal, acute, awn- 
lefs, purple at the bafe and round the edges. 
Corolla, outer valve twice the length of the inner, 
nearly equal to the calyx: inner valve blunt, 
{mooth. 
A. Panicle nearly pointing in one direction, awn- 
lefs: {tems upright, in bundles. 
It grows in poor barren grounds. Howth, 
and the ifland of Lambay, county of Dublin. 
This grafs, although never rifing to any great 
fize, is very prolific, and produces foliage in 
abundance. 
