TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA, 67 
above Bray, county of Wicklow. A grafs of 
little or no confequence to the farmer, as being 
profitable neither for meadow nor pafture. | It 
would however caufe a verdure on a thin gravelly 
foil, where others would not thrive. 
A. May. June. 
rede: § Fercupen aypripyo. 
UF efcufbér aimrid. 
EncLisi.—Barren Fefcue-grafs. 
Ob. Roots fibrous: Stems many, from 6 inches 
tol nearly 1 foot, upright, very fmooth, leafy 
towards the bafe, with from 3 to 4 joints or 
knots. Leaves pale green, upright,  briftle- 
fhaped, acute, fmooth, fhort.. | Sheath longer 
than the’ leaves, fomewhat. bellying out, fur- 
rowed; {mooth, with a fhort fheath-feale. Panicle 
upright, from 1 to 2 inches ia length, pointing 
one way. Spikets 6-flowered, upright, {mooth. 
Calyx, valves acute, fmooth; outer valve very 
narrow, almoft briftle-fhaped: inner valve much 
longer, and nearly three times as broad as the 
other. Corolla, inner valve fomewhat acute, 
pubefcent on the edge. Aw, ftraight, twice 
tlie length of the bloflom or more. 
K 2 F. Panicle 
