140 CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FLORA OF PORTLAND. 



Chesil Bank near old Railway Station. II. " Portland," 

 Mansel-Pleydell in Flo. Dor. Ed. 2, p. 316. 



Festuca rottboellioides, Kunth. (Sderochloa loliacea, Woods) 

 Dwarf Meadow-grass. Native. Com. I. Beach wastes 

 Smallmouth to Chesil, remarkably abundant. II. Shore 

 banks, north and east sides throughout. 



F. membranacea, Druce (uniglumis, Soland). Single-glumed 

 Fescue-grass. Native. I. Very rare. " Mr. Lightfoot 

 found it in Portland," Pulteney ; (doubtless refers to 

 Distr. I.). Sandy turfy roadsides to Chesil and by Chesil 

 Bank to within a quarter of a mile north of Chesil old 

 Railway Station, 1857 ; there 1911. 



F. ambigua, Le Gall. Ambiguous Fescue-grass. Native. I. 

 Very rare. Smallmouth sands ; Mansel-Pleydell in Flo. 

 Dor. Ed. 2, p. 316. 



Obs. This may possibly refer to the north side of 

 Smallmouth. 



F. bromoides, L. (sciuroides, Roth). Barren Fescue-grass. 

 Native. I. Rare. Smallmouth Sandbanks ; Mansel- 

 Pleydell. II. Freq. Cult, ground (sometimes 18in. 

 high). East Weare. 



F. ovina, L. Sheep's Fescue-grass. Var. glauca, Hackel. 

 Native. II. Freq. in south of Island. 



F. rubra, L. Hard Fescue-grass. Var. pruinosa, Hackel. 

 Native. II. " Portland ; " Druce in Journ. Bot. 1908, 

 p. 389. 



Var. arenaria, Fr. Creeping Fescue-grass. I. Sand- 

 banks near the Bridge. Sands west of Highroad. 

 (See Flo. Dor. Ed. 2, p. 317). 



F. elatior, L. Tall Fescue-grass. Var. arundinacea (Schreb.). 

 Native. II. Cliffs abundant. 



Bromus secalinus, L. Eye Brome-grass. Colonist. Var. 

 velutimus (Schrad.). II. Rare. Cornfields Southwell. 

 Obs. I have not found the type. 



B. commutatus, Schrad. Confused Brome-grass. II. Rare. 

 In pastures ; Mansel-Pleydell. Between the Grove and 

 Churchope. Wakeham. 



