TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 109 
Common on the banks of rivers and fides 
of ponds. This is a tall fpecies which is abun- 
dantly fupplied with leaves and ftems; it is a 
ftrong coarfe grafs, which would be very pro- 
du@ive in moitt fituations. If cultivated in fuch 
places, and a certaia number of cattle put on 
it at a proper feafon, fo as to keep it in 
check, it might anfwer well as pafture; for 
the oftener it’ is cropt the more acceptable it 
is to cattle. It-is very quick in growth, and 
would even thrive well in drier fituations than 
where it naturally inhabits; for in the Botanic 
gardens, in feveral parts, where it happens to 
fall in an arrangement, it thrives amazingly, 
and, although in dry fituations, furnifhes an 
abundant crop. It is an excellent thatch for 
ricks or cottages, and Jafts much longer than 
{traw. ‘There are two varieties of this fpecies, 
one with filver-ftriped, the other with gold- 
{triped leaves, which are often met growing 
with it: they are accidental varieties, and if 
taken in and cultivated will continue. their 
variegation. The two varieties are in the Bo- 
tanic gardens, and were introduced from their 
wild fituations fome years back. Sheep, cows, 
goats and horfes eat it. P. July. 
TRISH. 
