162 WILD FLOWEES OF SUMMEB. 



is the Common Eeed (JPTiragmites communis), the in- 

 habitant of marshes; the Small Eeed (Arundo cola- 

 magrostis) ; and the "Wood Eeed (A. epigejos) ; both 

 the species inhabiting woods. The Highland species 

 (A. stricta) has only one flower on a spikelet. The 

 Cypress Eeed (A. donax) is perhaps the most useful 

 member of the family ; but it is not indigenous to this 

 country : it gave the name of cane to all the varieties 

 of that article. The Sea Eeed (Ammophila arundi- 

 naced) is a most useful grass in binding up the sand- 

 banks on the sea-shore. It is a rigid plant, with bluish 

 rolled-up leaves. 



Here we take leave of our grassy nook, and look 

 out for 



" The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover." 



