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Alton, Mr. J. Woods, jun., in old Bot. Guide. I did not remark it 

 there myself on repeated visits to Chawton ; perhaps the last station 

 may be that intended, for Akender Wood adjoins on Chawton Park, 

 and probably forms part of Mr. Knight's estate. In a thick hedge- 

 row on the north side of the lane about three hundred yards east of 

 Nettlebed, near Old Alresford, Mr. J. Forder, June 22, 1850 !!!— the 

 plant grows here very sparingly, as does its associate, the Triticum 

 caninum. I think Mr. F, said the Hordeum occurred in other places 

 near Alton. In the woods a mile west of Fetersfield, Merrett, Pin. p. 

 57. Besides its other characters, this species is at once known from 

 our remaining Barley gi'asses, by the fusiform and cylindrical, not flat- 

 tened or distichous, spike. 



Hordeum jjratense. Abundant in dry, as well as damp, meadows 

 and pastures over most parts of the county and Isle of Wight, some- 

 times also in salt-marshes, with H. maritimum. About Ryde it too 

 often constitutes an undue proportion of the hay crop,* as it does in 

 the salt-marsh meadows near Yarmouth, Thorley, Newtown, Cowes, 

 &c. Salt-marsh shores of Langston Harbour. Spikes elongate or 

 lance-oblong; culms leafless above; sheaths close. The lateral florets 

 of H. pratense I find usually bear stamens with apparently perfect 

 anthers, the pistillate organs alone imperfect or wanting. 



Hordeum murinimi. By way-sides, on and under walls, in dry, 

 waste places, and borders of fields, especially about towns and vil- 

 lages ; plentiful almost everywhere. Spikes obovate, oblong or sub- 

 cuneate ; culms mostly leafy at top. 



Hordeum maritimum. On salt-marshes, banks and pastures near 

 the sea ; profusely on most low parts along the coasts of the Isle of 

 Wight and mainland Hants. In the marsh-meadows by Springfield, 

 near Ryde. On the embankment by Yarmouth Mill, and at Norton. 

 Abundant in salt-marsh meadows at Newtown, &c. It often consti- 

 tutes nearly the sole herbage in our flat, saline pastures, and on the 

 site of abandoned salt-works, as in Hayling and Portsea Islands, 

 shores of Langston Harbour, Porchester, about Lymington, Exbury, 

 &c. Spikes ovate-oblong ; culms leafy above ; sheaths loose. A 

 worthless little species. 



Nardus stricta. On hilly, heathy and moory ground, but either 



f As in the Monckton meadows, close to St. John's old turnpike-gate, in which the 

 herbage consists mainly of the " Squirrel-tail grass," which looks fair enough to the 

 eye before coming into flower, with promise of good yield, but when ripe for mowing 

 the bearded florets injnre the hay, since they are apt to annoy the cattle that eat it by 

 sticking in their teeth and gums. 



