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plants, as given in the ' Annals and Magazine ol' Natnral History,' 

 vol. xvi. p. 232 (1845). 



" G. plicaia (Fries). Panicle compound ; branches compound, 

 nearly smooth, divaricated whilst in flower ; spikelets linear, 

 of 7 — 20 flowers ; outer palea oval, twice as long as broad ; 

 apex obtuse-angled, with three nearly equal teeth ; anthers 

 thrice as long as broad (yellow) ; sheaths compressed. Re- 

 sembling G. fluitans. Ligule shorter ; dry anthers fus- 

 cous ; leaves glaucous, bluntish. G. plicata. Fries, Nov. Fl. 

 Suec. Mani. ii. 6. F. fluitans, Eu(/. Bot. p/. 1520. Poa flui- 

 tans, Parn. Brit. Grasses, pi. 45 (not good). The British 

 plant has been compared with authentic specimens from 

 Fries, of G. plicata. 

 " G.Jluitans (R. Br.). Panicle subsecund, slightly branched, very 

 long; branches nearly simple, roughish, divaricated whilst in 

 flower; spikelets linear, of 7 — 12 flowers, outer palea nearly 

 thrice as long as broad, blunt ; anthers about Jive times as 

 long as broad (purple) ; sheaths compressed. Leaves pale 

 green, acute. Ligule elongate. Outer palea blunt, with a 

 triangular central point. Dry anthers pale yellow. Poa 

 fluitans, var. siibspicata, Parn. Brit. Grasses, pi. 95. This 

 plant is considered as the true Festuca fluitans of Linnaeus, by 

 the Swedish botanist ; it was originally published under that 

 name in Linn. Fl. Suec. " 

 On comparing the two plants it will be seen that G. plicata has 

 broader (or flatter) and blunter leaves, shorter paleae, and shorter 

 (pale coloured) anthers. G. fluitans, has narrower (or half-folded) and 

 more pointed leaves, longer palese, and longer (purple) anthers. 



T. Moore. 



List of British Rubi found in the neighbourhood of Twycro.<is, Leices- 

 tershire. By the Rev. Andrew Bloxam, M.A. 



R. idaeus, Lin7i, R. Babingtonii, &. Bloxami, Bell Salt. 



— plicatus, W. Sr N. — rudis, TV. 8f N. 



— nitidus, W. 8f N. — radula, W. 8f N. 



— coiylifolius, Sm. /3. hystrix, Bell Salter 



— var. do. — lingua, W. ^ N. ? 



— rhamnifolius, W. 8f N. — fusco-ater, TV. 8f N. 



— fruticosus, TT^. 8f N. — Koehleri, TV. 8^^ N. 



