58 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
quantity of the Feftuca pratenfis, I fhould not be 
at all furprifed to fee a very fine fleece produced 
therefrom. For as I have already remarked 
when fpeaking of other graffes, the Feftuca pra- 
tenfis being a pretty ftout grafs, and fomewhat 
_.coarfe, it would encourage and fupport thefe 
other two, which are finer in leaves and ftems, 
and more productive; and the latter would an- 
{wer well, in the above proportion, to qualify the 
coarfer Feftuca. The P. nemoralis thrives well 
in the different fituations where it is placed in the 
Gardens. P. June. Augutt. 
(Cue copcembuyt. 
) Cuife cotltembuil. ’ 
Encuisn.—Wood Meadow-gra/s. 
IRISH. 
Ob. Roots fibrous. Stems from 14 to 2 feet 
or more, upright, flender, fomewhat flat, fmooth, 
leafy. Leaves moftly from the root, narrow, 
tapering, briftle-fhaped, acute; thofe on the ftem 
rough on each fide and on the margin. Sheath 
not fo long as the leaves, compreffed, fomewhat 
fmooth, with a very fhort fheath-fcale notched at 
the end. Panicle tapering, nearly upright, loofe ; 
branches flender, in femiwhirls, angulated, rough, 
often waved, and more or lefs branched. Calyx, 
valves 
