138 CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FLORA OF PORTLAND. 



C. contigua, Hoppe (muricata auct. angl.). Greater Prickly 

 Sedge. Native. II. Local. East Weare, sparingly. 



C. Goodenowii, Gay, (vulgaris, Fr). Common Sedge. Native. 

 II. Culverwell, in some plenty ; a form with 3 male 

 spikes occurs. 



C. distans, L. Loose or Distant-spiked Sedge. Native. II. 

 Scarce. Formerly on shore near Portland Castle : 

 probably since destroyed. East Weare. Culverwell. 



C. him, L. Hammer Sedge. Native. II. Rare. North 

 West Weare. 



Phalaris canariensis, L. Canary-grass. Alien. I. Freq. 

 Beach-waste near Chesil. 



Phleum pratense, L. Timothy-grass. Var. nodosum, L. 

 Native. II. North Verne. 



P. arenarium, L. Sand Timothy -grass. Native. I. Local. 

 By highroad Smallmouth to Chesil, plentiful. Mere 

 beach. 



Gastridium lendigerum, Gaud. Awned Nit-grass. Native. 

 II. Rare and local. Rough ground between St. George's 

 Church and West Cliff, 1882. Near Lower Lighthouse 

 1882. 



Ammophila arenaria, Link. (Psamma arundinacea, Beauv.) 

 Mat Grass. Native. I. Local. Sandbanks south of 

 Bridge. 



Trisetum flavescens, Beauv. (pratense, Pers.). Yellow Oat- 

 grass. Native. II. Com. 



Avena pubescens, Hud*s. Downy Oat-gra^s. Native. II. 

 Freq. 



A. pratensis, L. Narrow-leaved Oat-grass. Native. II. 

 Freq. East Weare to near the Bill. 



A. fatua, L. Wild Oat. Colonist. I. Smallmouth sand- 

 banks ; Mansel-Pleydell in Flo. Dor. Ed. 2, p. 308. II. 

 " Portland ; " ib. 



Sieglingia decumbens, Bernh. (Triodia decumbens, Beauv.). 

 Heath-grass. Native. II. Rare and local. Culverwell 

 and barren ground north of Lower Lighthouse, 1882. 



Phragmites communis Trin, Common Reed. Var. nigricans, 



