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SESLERIA CARULEA. 
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Kocu. Smite. RetcnenpacH. Wirnrrine. Linptry. Knapp. Host. 
Scuraper. Onrprr. Arpurno. Hutt. 
PLATE XXX.—A. 
Cynosurus ceruleus, Linnzvs. Witiprnow. Hupson. 
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The Blue Moor-Grass. 
Sesleria—Named after the Italian botanist Sesler. Cerulea—Blue. 
Sesteria, Linneus.—The genus Sesleria is named after another botanist, 
Leonard Sesler, an Italian Physician. Panicle spiked. There is only one 
British representative, the Sesleria cerulea, which is confined to the north. 
A most beautiful Grass, yet of no agricultural merits. 
Found in the counties of Durham, Westmorland, Cumberland, 
and Yorkshire, growing on the high hills. More abundant on 
the Scotch mountains, especially on Ben Lomond, (three thou- 
sand feet above the sea.) In Ireland it has been found, al- 
though rare, in the county of Sligo. Its favourite habitats are 
limestone rocks. 
Native of France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, and Iceland. 
Stem upright, circular, smooth, slender, pale green, carrying 
three very brief leaves, with smooth sheaths, the upper one 
eight times the length of its leaf, and having a short membra- 
nous ligule. Joints hid. Root leaves linear, narrow, lengthy, 
