48 POLYPOGON LITTORALIS. 
from six to twelve inches. Root perennial, and somewhat 
creeping. 
In Polypogon monspeliensis the awns of the glumes are above 
twice the length of the glumes. 
The illustration is from a specimen found near the powder- 
magazine, Kent, forwarded by Mr. J. Sidebotham, of Manchester. 
