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of its leaves and ftems, which are not very pro- 
ductive, renders it of very little confequence to 
the farmer. It may however contribute with 
other grafles to form a cover in bogs, and in fuch 
fituations is not without utility. A variety (pa- 
nicula pallida) was obferved growing in a bog 
near the houfe of Ralph Marthall, Efq. at Cal- 
naferry, county of Kerry, and in various other 
parts of that county. Mr. J. T. Mackay’s Cata- 
logue of rare Plants. Horfes, fheep, and goats 
eat it. P. Aug. 
eh eer COpcujp. 
Meloigfhér corcuir. 
ENGLIsH.—Purple Melic-gra/s. 
Ob. Roots bulbous, with thick twifted fibres. 
Stems from 1 to 14 feet, upright, ftiff, cylindri- 
cal, fmooth, leafy, with one knot towards the 
bafe, but naked at top. Leaves ftiff, acuminated, 
lightly rough, with a few very fhort hairs on the 
fheath-fcale. Panicie upright, branched, clofe: 
flowers upright, cylindrical. Calyx 3-flowered, 
fometimes four, purple: the two under florets 
fertile. A pedicle knobbed at the end rifes from 
betwixt the florets. Anthers dark purple. 
G2 POA. 
