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KNAPPIA AGROSTIDEA. 
Suita. ParNett. Hooker anp Arnott. WuTHERING. BaBINGTON. 
Kwnarp. Davies. DEakINn. 
PLATE LXIX.-—A. 
Agrostis minima, Linnzus. WitnipEnow. SmirH. 
de oe Hupson. STILLINGFLEET. 
Chamagrostis minima, Scwraver. Linpiey. 
sc oC Borcxuausen. Kocu. Macreienr. 
Sturmia s¢ Hopper. 
Mibora verna, Bravvatis. RertcHenBacn. 
Gramen minimum, DatecHames. Bavwt. 
The Early Knappia. 
Knappia—Named in honour of an English botanist, Mr. Knapp. 
Agrostidea—............ My 
Kwappra. A diminutive sea-side Grass, of which only one species is 
known, the Knappia agrostidea. Named after Mr. Knapp. 
A DIMINUTIVE sea-side Grass, growing in sandy pastures. 
Of no agricultural use. 
Anglesea and Jersey; a native also of France and central 
Europe. 
Stem slender, upright, and having two or three narrow, blunt, 
smooth, channeled leaves, with smooth compressed sheaths, the 
upper sheath extending beyond its leaf. Inflorescence racemed, 
unilateral; rachis smooth. Spikelets briefly stalked, and of two 
glumes and one floret; glumes equal, obtuse, smooth, and destitute 
of lateral ribs. Floret of one palea, shorter than the glumes, 
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