TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 129 
sil Crytneden luaéajpamujl. 
") Cruithneachd luachairambuil. 
Enerisn.—Rufb-like Wheat-grafs. Sea Wheat 
grafs. 
Ob. Roots very much creeping. Stems nearly 
upright, inclining to purple towards the bafe, 
cylindrical, very even, leafy as far as the 
middle, naked at top. Leaves nearly upright, 
narrow, fharp-pointed, rolled in on the edges, 
glaucous, very even underneath, ftriated above 
and fomewhat rough. Sheath ftraight, fmooth, 
with. a very fhort fheath-fcale. Spike upright, 
ftraight, glaucous, about 3 inches. Spikets 
folitary, nearly upright, 2-rowed, fomewhat 
diftant, often fmooth or pubefcent with or 
without awns. . Calyx, valves furrowed, blunt. 
Flowers 5 or 6, the length and fhape of the 
calyx, fomewhat keeled, bifid at top; inner 
valve fomewhat fmaller than the outer, and 
ciliated. 
Y. Calyx 4-flowered, awl-fhaped, tapering to 
a point: leaves flat. 
Common in ditches, kedges and cultivated 
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