96 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA, 



Mellc-Grafs. jinglis. 



In fhady woods not uncommon : it's variety with 

 flowers nearly feffile, growing in a fpike inftead 

 of a panicle. I oblerv'd in Lord Breadalbane's 

 woods at y^rdmadd., in Nethcr-Lorn, 1 he ca- 

 lyces of both are of an auburn color, and the; 

 fiowers within them green. % . VI-VIII. 



(.vriiJca 2. M. panicula coardata, floribus cylindricis. Lin^ 

 Mantifs.p. 325. Aira c(srulea Sp.pL 95. {Oed. 

 Dan. /. 239. Moris. Hifi. Ox.f. 8. /. 5./. 22.) 



Purple Mellc-Grafs. Anglis. Pund-Glafs. Gaiilis. 



In wet, moorifh, and barren ground frequent. %i 

 Vill. 



This grafs is readily diilinguiflied by it's black pur- 

 ple panicle : it has a bulbofe root, blue anthers, 

 and a purple piftil, with two or three flowers in 

 a calyx. 



The fifhermen in the ifle of Skie make ropes for 

 their nets of this grafs, which they find by ex- 

 perience will bear the water well without rotting. 



P O A. Cren. pi. 83. 

 Cal. bivalvis, muldfloriis. Sptciila ovata •, valvuli^ 

 rpargine fcaWiofls acutiufculis. 

 alp'na i. VOh panicula difflifa ramoflflima, fpiculis fcxfloris 

 cordatis. Sp. pi. gg. {ejus. Veritas vivipara 

 Scheucb. Iter Jlp. p. 38. t. 4. /. 2. ^ Agrcjio- 

 graph, p. 22. /. 4./. 14.) 

 Alpine Meadow-Grafs. Anglis. 

 On the fides cf Craig-chalUach, above Finlarig, m 

 Brcadalbanc. Mr. Stuart. %. VI. 



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