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CALAMAGROSTIS STRICTA. 
Norratt. Parnent. Kocu. Linptry. Hooxer. 
PLATE XVI.—aA. 
Arundo stricta, SmitH. Hooker. SCHRADER. 
= neglecta, HHRHART. 
The Small Close Reed. 
Calamagrostis—Palm Grass. Stricta—Upright. 
THis very rare Grass grows on bogs and in marshes. 
Found about Oakmere, in Delamere Forest, Cheshire, and 
in several places in the county of Antrim. It used to grow 
in Fifeshire, but has been by drainage of the land destroyed 
in that county. Found in the most northern portion of 
Europe, and in North America. 
Stem upright, circular, and rough, having two or three 
narrow acute rough leaves, with smooth striated sheaths and 
smooth joints. Inflorescence compound panicled. Panicle 
somewhat close and rough, three to five inches in length. 
Calyx having two almost equal-sized membranous broad glumes, 
destitute of lateral ribs. Floret one-awned, consisting of two 
palee, ovate in form, apex jagged, and base hirsute; the awn 
does not extend beyond the apex of the palea. Inner palea 
considerably shorter, thin, and transparent. Length from 
eighteen to twenty-four inches. 
It is much less robust than Calamagrostis epigejos, having 
shorter hairs, and the floret only half the size. Awn com- 
mencing lower, and not extending much beyond the palea. 
Comes into flower about the 20th. of June, and ripens its 
seed in the last week in July. 
