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BRIZA MEDIA. 
Linnzxvus. Hooker anp Arnott. J. E.SmirH. Parnetyt. SrisprHorpe. 
Kocn. Kuntn. Macreieut. Hupson. WiIrTHERING. RELHAN, 
Dickson. Linpiry. Grevitte. Basineton. ReEtcHENBACH. DEAKIN. 
Srncbtarr. Wiiipenow. MartyN. Knapp. Scuraper. Host. 
Leers. Orper. Ratrs. 
PLATE XLII. 
The Common Quaking Grass. 
Briza—To droop. Mediu—Ordinary, 
Briza. Linneus—The Quaking Grass. There are two British species, 
one of which is abundant and the other rare. Name derived from the 
Greek. 
An exceedingly pretty Grass, very useful for decorative 
purposes, yet not a valuable agricultural Grass, owing to its 
not flourishing except in impoverished poor soil. 
Common in poor land throughout England, Scotland, and 
Ireland. Found in France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, 
Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Turkey, Greece, Norway, Sweden, 
and the United States. 
It is found growing at an elevation of one thousand five 
hundred feet. 
Stem upright, circular, smooth, and slender, bearing four 
flat acute leaves, with smooth striated sheaths, upper one ex- 
tending considerably beyond its leaf, and having a short obtuse 
ligule at its summit. Joints smooth. Inflorescence simple or 
compound-panicled. Panicle broad, upright, and triangular. 
Branches exceedingly slender, spreading, and smooth; arranged 
