decumbens. 
76 TRIANDRIA -DIGYNIA. 
fhort again as the outer, and ending in an awn- 
like point. Corolla, valves nearly equal, pubef- 
cent; outer valve ending ina {mall awn. 
Panicles equal. 
E. Panicle upright, clofe: fpikets nearly egg- 
fhaped, awnlefs: calyx larger than the florets: 
ftems lying down: fheath-fcale ciliated. 
It grows in barren moiftifh paftures, particu- 
larly about mountain grounds, as at Howth, Ire- 
land’s-eye, the Dublin mountains, &c. &c. This 
grafs is but of little worth, being fhort in leaves 
and ftems, nor is it very produtive of either. It 
is generally to be met with on the fides of hilly 
grounds and mountains, where it forms a tolera- 
ble part of the verdure ; and in fuch places, from 
its large feed which is nutritive, may be much 
relifhed by fome fpecies of cattle, but in an agri- 
cultural point of view, otherwife, of little value. 
Sheep refufe it. P. July. Augutt. 
Grercuyhey ypnce. 
l Fefeufbér finte. 
EncutsH—Decumbent Fefcue-grafs. 
TaisH. 
Ob. Roots fibrous. Stems from 4 to 6 inches, de- 
cumbent, knotted, ftiff, very {mooth, leafy, Leaves 
linear, 
