139 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
county of Clare, ‘and it is there confidered 
valuable for feeding cattle in winter, as in that 
country ftraw and hay are both very fcarce. 
Tt makes an excellent thatch for houfes, and 
will fometimes laft for twenty years. Cattle 
will eat of it in winter, but in fummer they 
leave it untouched. The flowers and feed are 
poffefled of an emetic quality, and may be 
ufed where the ordinary emetics cannot be ob- 
tained. They vomit ftrongly, but are not 
dangerous in their operation. P. July. 
Bw Cujle mvipljunad. 
RISH. 
Cuile Muiriunadh. 
Muiriunach. Maithine. Mehain. 
EncuiisH.——Sea Reed-grafs. Sea Matweed. 
Marram. Helme. 
Ob. Roots creeping, jointed, extending widely 
and to fome diftance. Stems afcending, nearly 
3, feet, ftiff, fmooth, knotted, knee-bent at the 
bafe, leafy. Leaves upright but fpreading, 
ftraight, rigid, rolled inwards on the edges, 
ending dagger-pointed, furrowed above, and 
very even underneath. Sheath nerved, fmooth, 
with an elongated acute fheathfeale. Panicle 
upright, 
