106°  TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA: 
IRISH. § Coppice moynpe-- 
 Coiree moinfhér. 
Encuiisi.—Meadow Oat-gra/s. 
Ob. Roots fibrous. Stems : foot or more, 
upright, ftraight, fimple, ftriated, with one knot_ 
towards the bafe. Leaves, thofe from the root 
ftrap-fhaped, acute, rigid, and doubled together : 
thofe on the ftem broader, nerved. Sheath very 
long, fmooth, with a fpear-fhaped fheath-fcale. 
Spike upright, moftly fimple ; /pikets, upper ones _ 
fitting: lower ones on foot-ftalks, thofe feldom 
in pairs. Calyx, valves nearly equal, acute, 
three-nerved, and the length of the under 
floret. Corolla, inner valve very flender, fringed 
with fmall hairs. Aw twice the length of the 
bloffom. 
ARUNDO. 
Cal. 2-valved : foorets heaped together, awnleis, 
furrounded with down at the bafe. 
Phragmitis. A. Calyx 5-flowered: panicle loofe. 
Common in rivers, lakes and ditches. This is 
a very 
