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held up by the base of the eulm ; whereas G. fluitans has à firm an 
character, and will support its own weight perfectly. It differs eme 
from G. fluitans in the leaves being flat (they are usually folded in G. 
fluitans), obtuse, and apiculate, the lower pale, scarcely twice as long as 
broad, and the anthers scarcely twice as long as as broad. From G. plicata 
^w differs ii the sheaths being smooth, not furrowed, the caryopsis oblong- 
elliptical (that of G. plicata being oval-elliptical), and the plant of a much 
smaller size, etc. 
~ Small forms of G. fluitans occur in the same locality, but the two plants are 
easily distinguished. 
I hare thus fully described this plant because I wish to call particular pate 
bserye that I have never yet met with G. ped 
_cellata, Towns. (see A. N.. H. ser. 2, v p. 105) in mature fruit, When 
young the ovary appears healthy, but ght it usually becomes infested 
with smut, and the fruit is not perfected. 
sciuroides, Roth. "t A small, tufted, and prostrate form 
F. rubra, L.— Abundan 
Bromus sterilis, L. i St. Mary's, near Hengh Town ; Tresco, heights 
above the Abbey. 
! us mollis, Parl.—Very cni 
single panicle and short pedice 
ypodium sylvaticum, R. and 5. Freq 
oo ens, L.—St. Mary's, ete. Ec) resi —Near Old Town. 
T. junceum, Z.— Very abundant on the shores. 
Hordeum mfrinum, Z.—Rare. Waste ground at New Grimsby, Tresco. 
Also the small pubescent form, with 
L — Italicum, A. Beauv.—In a clover-field near Heugh Town 
L. perenne, Z.—Abundant, but it does not appear to be much cultinted i in the 
. pastures, which are, I believe, seldom longer than three years in grass. 
Fitices.* 
Polypodium vulpes, dog many —_ in St. Mary's, Tresco, ete. Always 
‘= very small, and by no means comm 
Lastrea Filix-mas, Presl.—In St. Mary's pie 
' Cooke, in eds " Guide to the deny qae Piceni rs imer 2 
"A $ 
* Mr. Cooke, 
are especially rich in Fern 
view: "Consideriug the dampness aud mules of "the dime I think it V reneAible: 
and erns are 
local the occur ; wegen the exception. d 
Pteris aquilina aud Asplenium spb both of which are v: 
anceolatum, m sbanda in the Channel Islands mum iu Cornwall, i is 
here almost, or altogether absen ke says he noticed a s? single specimen. He 
also gives istred eemula, arg “having noticed it in one situation o 7 ; 
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