9S TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



prefib. Sp.pLioi. {FailL Ptiris. L iS. f. ^.) 

 Flat ftalk'd Meadow-Grafs. Jnglis. 

 On walls at Mellrofs-Jbbey, &c. O ? VL 

 "When growing upon walls it has commonly about 

 three flowers in each fpicula •, when it defcends 

 into paRures or moid ground it has fix or more. 



r.emcralis 7 P. panicula attenuata, fpiculis fub-bifloris mucro- 

 natis fcabris, culmo incurvo. 5/>.^/. ig2. [Scheucb 

 jigroft. 164. /. 2. fg. dextra. Iter, 2. p. 1-2,^. t. 

 18./. 3.; 



Wood Meadow-Grafs. Anglis. 



In woods and fhady places not unfrcquent. 11- ? 

 VII. 



It has a weak ftalk above a yard high : a {lender 

 nodding panicle of pale green flowers : the glumes 

 of the calyx are ftreak'd with fine lines. 



P, panicula fubfpicata, fpiculis fecundis coardatis, 

 foHis convolutis. Hudf. Fl. Ang. 35. {Oed. Dan^ 

 t. 251.) 



Sea Meadow-Grafs. Anglis. 



On the lea coafts in many places : I obfcrv'd it In 

 the ifland of Oravfa, and in Skye at Dunvegan 

 caille, and at Loch-Broom in Rofs-Jhire '^. \ II. 



The flalks are about fix inches high, bent at the 

 joints : the calyces are edg'd with purple : the 

 fpiculdt nearly cylindrical, each confiding of fix 

 or ei^ht flowers. It is very nearly related to the 

 felfuca fiiiitans •, perliaps the fea water may oc- 

 cafion the difference. 



P. panicula fpicata, calycibus fubpilofis fiibquadri- 



floris 



