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Obs. " Var. pubescens, Lon. Cat., is equally dis- 

 tributed ; " Flo. Dor. Ed. 2, p. 320. I have not 

 found this var. 

 B. hordeaceus, L. (mollis, L.), Soft Brome-grass. Native. 



I. A nearly prostrate maritime form com. on sand. 

 Var. glabratus, Doell. II. Freq. Cult, grounds. 



Brachypodium sylvaticum, Roem. < Schult. False Wood Brome- 

 grass. Native. II. Com. East Weares, etc., to Cave- 

 Hole. Growing close to highwater mark at Black Nore. 



B. pinnatum, Beauv. Barren False Brome-grass. Native. 



II. Verne. Freq. by edges of fields. 



Lolium perenne, L. Common Rye-grass. Var. aristatum, 



Schum. Native. II. Freq. Cult, fields. 

 Agropyron repens, Beauv. (Triticum, L). Common Couch- 

 grass. Var. barbatum, Duval- Jouve. Native. II. Near 

 Chesil old Railway Station. 



A. pungens, Roem. & Schult. Erect Sea Couch-grass- 

 Native. Local. I. Smallmouth sands ; Mansel-Pleydell 

 in Flo. Dor. Ed. 2, p. 322. 



Var. littorale (Reichb.) I. "Smallmouth Sands;" 

 Mansel-Pleydell in Flo. Dor. Ed. 2, p. 322. 

 Railway banks. 



A. junceum, Beauv. Sand Couch-grass. Native. Local. 

 I. Freq. On sands near the Bridge. Railway banks 

 between there and Chesil. 



x repens (acutum, auct. angl.). Decumbent Sea Couch- 

 grass. Native. I. By Railway banks and by 

 shore between the Bridge and Chesil, abundant. 

 Obs. " Doubtless the A. acutum of the Flora" (see 

 Flo. Dor. Ed. 2, p. 322) ; Druce in Journ. Bot. 1908, 

 p. 389. 



Lepturus flliformis, Trin. Sea Hard-grass. Native. 

 Common. I. Damp places Smallmouth to Chesil. II. 

 East cliffs and shore to the Bill. 



Hordeum nodosum, L. (pratense, Huds.) Meadow Barley. 

 Native. Freq. (?) II. " Portland ; "Mansel-Pleydell in 

 Flo. Dor. Ed. 2, p. 323. 



