36 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
woods. Howth and Dublin mountains along the 
vallies, and along the banks of the canal from the 
Crofs guns to Caftleknock—low meadows at 
Scribbleftown, Santrywood, and about Feltraum, 
county of Dublin. ‘This is a very coarfe grafs, 
and the rougheft of all the graffes which grow in 
pafture or meadow grounds, and therefore very 
unacceptable to cattle, for in general they do not 
touch it unlefs forced by hunger. It is very 
abundant in leaves, but not in flowering ftems. 
It often occupies much ground, and is very apt to 
grow in tufts, occafioning irregularities on the 
furface of meadows, which appear very difagree- 
able, and it often occupies much ground which 
might be made to produce better, gtaffes. . Far- 
mers’ boys are very often annoyed when going 
barefooted through ground this grafs inhabits, as 
the fharp edges of its leaves coming acrofs the 
bare legs often leave them as if fcarified, and by 
drawing the leaves through the hand are very apt 
to cut, and that imperceptibly. It is a grafs no 
way defirable either for meadow or pafture. 
Cows, goats and fwine eat it. Horfes are not 
fond of it. P. July. 
TrisH. 
