78 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. [CL. III. 



hen, and the Reed Bunting. It forms excellent thatch. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. vi. pi. 401. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 169. 136. 



2. A. Epigejot. Wood Reed. Calyx one-flowered, longer than the 

 corolla ; panicle erect, close, with crowded, unilateral flowers ; awn of 

 the outer husk dorsal, as long as the hairs and calyx ; leaves lance- 

 shaped. Straw about three feet high : panicle smaller, closer, and 



more erect than in the last : flowers purple, with long silky hairs. 

 Perennial: flowers in July: grows in shady moist places: rare. Fng. 

 Bot. vol. vi. pi. 403. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 170. 137. 



3. A. Calamagrostis. Small Reed. Calyx one-flowered, much longer 

 than the corolla; panicle erect, loose ; flowers spreading in all directions; 



awn terminal, short ; hairs longer than the husks ; leaves linear. 



Straws about three feet high, smooth, slender : panicle much branched, 

 with purple flowers. Perennial : flowers in July : grows in marshes, 

 and moist woods and hedges. Eng. Bot. vol. xxx. pi. 2159. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. i. p. 170. 138. 



4. A. Lapponica. Lapland Small Reed. Calyx one-flowered, broadly 

 lance-shaped, as long as the corolla ; panicle erect, close ; corolla equal 

 in height with the calyx and the awn, which latter is inserted near the 



base. Straw about three feet high : leaves narrow, rigid : branches of 



the panicle spreading only during flowering : flowers at first tinged with 

 purplish blue, afterwards becoming yellowish brown. Perennial : flowers 

 in June and July : grows in moist places in Ireland : very rare. Dis- 

 covered by Mr. D. Moore at Lough Neagh, Antrim. Calamagrottis 

 Lapponnica. Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 34. 139. 



5. A. stricta. Smallest Close Reed. Calyx one-flowered, egg-shaped, 

 acute, scarcely longer than the husks ; panicle erect, close ; flowers 

 spreading in all directions, with a dorsal awn ; hairs shorter than the 



husks. Straw about two feet high, very slender, smooth: flowers 



brown, with the hair short. Perennial : flowers in June : found by Mr. 

 G. Don in the White Mire near Forfar, but has not been found since. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxx. pi. 2150. Eng. Ft. vol. i. p. 171. 140. 



6. A. arendria. Sea Reed. Mat-gran. Sea Bent. Calyx one- 

 flowered, a little longer than the corolla ; panicle close, leaves involute, 

 pungent. Root creeping, often twenty feet long ; straw stiff, greenish- 

 yellow ; leaves very long, mostly radical : panicle close, linear, attenuated 

 at each end : chaff-scales unequal, membranous, rough on the keel. 

 Very few of the seeds are perfected. This plant is common on the coasts, 

 wherever there is loose sand, which it serves to bind down by its long 

 tough roots. It is manufactured into door mats and floor brushes. In 

 the Hebrides it is made into ropes for various uses ; mats for pack- 

 saddles, bags and vessels for holding and preparing meal and grain, and 

 into hats. It has also been planted in the outer Hebrides, for curing 

 sand-drift. Perennial : flowers in July. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 520. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 172. 141. 



25. HO'LCUS. SOFT-GRASS. 



Calyx two-flowered, of two unequal, keeled, awnless chaff- 

 scales, one of the flowers perfect, the other with an abortive 

 germen. Corolla of two equal husks; the larger egg-shaped, 

 keeled, awned on the back ; the smaller much narrower, awnless. 



