TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 69 
have been informed, that lean meagre fheep are 
fent there to recover and fatten. It is alfo re- 
marked, that the mutton fed on this ifland: is 
fuperior in flavour to any other in that country : 
it is likewife afcertained, that the tallow produced 
from the feeding here, incorporated with one- 
third of Ruffian, is far fuperior to the Irifh or 
Ruffian tallow feparately. Sheep, goats, cows 
and horfes eat it. P.. June. July. 
By Vacca CAOpdeé. 
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nas ¢ Fefeufhér caorach. 
hat 3 Fefcue-grafs. 
Ob. Roots fibrous, matted. Stems from 6 to 8 
inches, upright, flender, fomewhat rigid, fmooth, 
leafy at the bafe, four-cornered toward the top. 
Leaves yarying in length and direction, very 
flender, »briftle-like but angular, acute, often a 
fea green colour. Sheath fmooth, with a very 
fhort fheath-feale. Spikets upright, oval-lancee 
fhaped, fmooth. .Calyx, valves unequal, linear- 
lancefhaped, pointed, keeled, {mooth, containing 
from 4 to § flowers. Corolla, inner valve awn- 
lefs, fomewhat acute, concave, fmooth on the 
edges, 
F. Panicle 
