earyophyllea. 
40 TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 
IRIsH, ere aes 
Gruagfhér moch. 
_Encuisu.—Early Hair-gra/s. 
Ob. Roots fibrous, fmall. Stems upright, 
from 2 to 3 inches, and in fertile grounds often 
6 inches high. Leaves briftle-fhaped: thofe from 
the root foon withering: thofe on the ftems with 
Jong fheaths. Sheaths furrowed, with blunt 
fheath-feales. Florets fitting. Calyx, valves nearly 
equal, naked at the bafe: outer valve with a 
briftle-like knee-bent awn, nearly twice the length 
of the calyx, placed on the back a little below 
the middle. 
A. Panicle fpreading: florets diftant, fitting, 
awned; leaves briftle-like. 
This grafs grows in the fame fituations with 
the former. Its only fuperiority over the Aira 
przecox is, that it is nearly three times its fize. 
It is, however, from its filvery appearance, no 
unfightly grafs amongft a collection. 
A. June. 
IRISH, 
