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valves nearly equal, very little fhorter than the 
ipiket, lance-fhaped, 3-nerved, ferrulated, and 
containing from 3 to 5 florets. Corolla, valves 
Jance-fhaped, acute; inner valve keeled, and 
fomewhat pubefcent on the margin, 
P. Panicle with fubdivided branches: lower distans. 
branches pointing downwards ; {pikets 5-flow- 
ered ; florets diftant, blunt. 
It grows in fields and among rubbifh along the 
fea thore. Along the way fide from Ballybough- 
bridge to Clontarf—Lots at the N. Wall, and 
between Dublin and Irifhtown, county of Dublin. 
I know of no advantage which could be derived 
from this fpecies in an agricultural point of view ; 
for from what I could obferve by it in the Botanic 
gardens, it does not thrive well out of maritime 
fituations, P, June. July. 
inisu bia f5colceblataé. 
Cuife feaoltebblathach. 
EnciisH.—Loofe-flowered Meadow graft. 
Ob. Roots fibrous. Stems bent at the lower 
joints, nearly 1 foot, cylindrical, leafy, {mooth. 
Leaves fomewhat acute, fmooth, of a fea-green 
colour, flat: thofe from the roots fomewhat rolled 
12 inwards, 
