GRASSES OF SCOTLAND. 



Errata. 



Pages 45, 46, /w Molinea, read Molinia. 



106, 108, 109, fw Bucetiim elatior, read Bucetum elatius. 



122, for Avena pratense, read A vena pratensis. 



xvovi iiuruus, creeping, or uuiuous. c^teyn cyimarical, Hollow, clos- 

 ed at the joints, bearing leaves with a split sheath, through which the 

 stem passes. 



Inflorescence spiked, racemed, or panicled. Flowers or spikelets con- 

 sisting of a calyx containing one, two, or many florets. 



Calyx situated the most external, composed of two glumes, rarely 

 of one only, or entirely wanting ; the upper glume generally the 

 largest. 



Florets of two paleae, seldom of only one, (corolla, Linn, perianth, 

 Brown,) the outer the largest, generally keeled, having one, three, 

 five, or many longitudinal ribs ; often bearing from the summit, back, 

 or base, an awn of various lengths ; the inner palea with usually two 

 distant, fringed ribs, each at a lateral fold. 



