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IRIsH. fe cane ENPSSO: 
Gruagfhér airgid. 
Encxisu.—Silvery Hair-grafs. | 
Ob. Roots fmall, fibrous. Stems from 4 to 12 
inches, branched at the bafe, fmooth. Leaves 
briftle-fhaped ; thofe at the bafe foon decaying, 
but not falling off: thofe on the ftems with long 
fheaths and fpear-{haped elongated fheath-fcales. 
Panicle terminating, dividing by threes and 
widely {preading: florets fitting, fhorter than the 
calyx. Corolla, valves fhining at top; outer 
valve with a knee-bent briftle like awn, placed 
on the back a little below its middle, and which 
is longer than the calyx. 
MELICA. 
Cal. 2-valved, 2-flowered, with a little fubftance 
on a pedicle betwixt the florets. 
M. Panicle thinly fet: calyx 2-flowered: one 
floret hermaphrodite, the other neuter. 
It grows in woods and fhady glens. Abun- 
dantly in Luttrell’s-town wood, county of Dublin. 
G About 
uniflora. 
