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LEPTUIIU8 INCURVATUS. 



TiuN. Hooker and Arnott. Koch. Macreight. 

 KUNTIT. Babington. 



PLATE LXVIII. — R. 



RotthoeUia incurvata, 



" Jiliformis, 



" incurvatus, Nyx.fil'iformis, 



Lepturus filiformis, 

 Ophiurus incurvatus, 

 ^gilops incurvata. 



LiNNiEUS. Smith. Paenell. 

 Hooker. Willdenow. Knapp. 

 ScHEADEB. Host. Oedee. 

 Cavanilles. Witheeing. Hull. 

 Eelhan. Deakin. 

 UoTH. Don. 

 HooKEE. Paenell. 

 Trin. Maceeight. Kunth. 

 Beauvais. Lindley. 

 LiNNjEus. Hudson. 



The Curved Sea Hard-Grass. 



Lepturus — Slender-spiked. 



Incurvatus — Bowed down. 



Lepturus. Brown. — The Hard-Grass derives its name from the Greek, 

 and signifies slender-tailed, on account of the slender spikes. There is 

 only a solitary British example. 



A Grass growing in salt marshes near the sea, and of 

 no agricultural use. 



In England it is found in the counties of Devon, Somerset, 

 Sussex, Kent, Essex, Norfolk, Gloucester, Durham, and 

 Northumberland. In Wales — in Denbigh, Eliut, and the 

 Island of Anglesea. In Scotland — along both the cast and 

 west coasts. In Ireland — common along the coasts. 



