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and after flowering, distinctly seven-ribbed ; outer glumella 

 of the lowest floret equal to the larger glume ; leaves 

 downy. 



English Botany, t. 2820. Parn. Gr., t. 115. 



Sandy places. Channel Islands. Annual, flowering in June 

 and July. 



168. S. alterniflora, Loisel. Partial spikes numerous; larger glume 

 five-nerved, fringed with a few short, scattered, bristly hairs 

 on the keel, otherwise glabrous ; outer glumelle three-nerved, 

 glabrous, slightly toothed on the keel above ; rachis much 

 elongated beyond the spikelets, with a flexuous awn-like 

 point ; leaves equal to or longer than the spikes, dilated at 

 the base, continuous, with the sheath and all persistent. 



English Botany, t. 2812. Parn. Grasses, t. 75. 



Itchin Ferry, Southampton. Perennial, flowering in Au- 

 gust. 



213. P. plantagineus, Ducr. Leaves all membranous, stalked, 

 lower oblong, upper elliptical; spike slender, cylindrical, 

 densely flowered ; peduncles long, not thickened upwards : 

 fruit minute, obliquely ovate, rounded at the back when 

 recent, acutely keeled when dry. 



Deep peaty pits and ditches. Perennial, flowering in June 

 and July. 



449. S. Bahusiensis, Fries. Leaves oblong, lanceolate, stalked 

 mucronate, single ribbed, faintly nerved ; scape much branchec 

 from the base, panicled ; branches ascending or incurved 

 spikes elongated ; flowers rather distant ; calyx-segment 

 acute, with intermediate teeth. S. rariflora, Drej. 



English Botany, t. 2917. 



Muddy shores, not unfrequent ; nearly allied to S. Lima 

 mum. 



577. For P. maritimum read P. Soberti, Lois. 



P. maritimum, Linn. Flowers axillary ; leaves crowdec 

 elliptic-lanceolate, fleshy, glaucous, revolute at the margins 

 stipules about as long as the internodes, with numerou 

 branched veins ; stem procumbent, woody below ; frui 

 longer than the perianth, protruded, smooth, and polished. 



English Botany, t. 2804. 



Sandy shores. Jersey and Guernsey ; Caroline Park, nea 

 Edinburgh ; Killiney Bay, near Dublin. Perennial, flowei 

 ing from August to September. 



