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This grass is not recommended for cultivation, further than form- 

 ing a good cover for game. It grows on almost any kind of soil, but 

 thrives best near the sea, on sandy or gravelly links, and is therefore 

 beneficial in rabbit warrens. It is a very rare grass in Britain, hav- 

 ing been found only near Gravesend. 



Flowers in the second week in July, and ripens its seed in the end 

 of the first week in August. 



The accompanying figure was di-awn fi'om a cultivated specimen 

 in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden. 



Explanation of Plate CXXXI. Ehpnus geniculatus^ natural size. 



Fig. I. Spikelet, sho\nng the three florets shorter than their glumes, natural size. 



2. Glumes, natural size. 



3. Three florets, \vith a iiuliment of a fourth, natural size. 



4. Glumes. "I -j 



5. Floret, showing the two paleae. [ jc 



6. Ligule very short. ■ % 



7. Ovarium, pistils, stamens, and scales, J J^ 



