loSs APPENDIX. 



Mantifs. ima. pag. 31. (Vid. f.g. ncft. in front t 

 torn. 2.) 



Dwarf Bent- Grafs. Anglis. 



Frequent in barren foils, as on the Pentland hills, 

 mix'd with other graffes. We have alfo ob- 

 ferv'd it often in fteril grounds both in Englard 

 and fFaies. n, VII. 



The ftalks are fmooth, about two or three inches 

 high, and grow feveral in a clufler from the 

 fame root, each of them furnifhed with three or 

 four leaves, fimilar to thofe which proceed from 

 the root, having (Iriated fheaths, and margins 

 a little infleded. 



The panicle is branched, the branches (landing 

 open, nearly at right angles with the ftalk, and 

 inclining generally to one fide. 



The flowers are numerous, without beards, of a 

 dull-grey purple color, turning whitiOi in de- 

 cay. 



The feeds are oval and tumid. 



It differs from the h.ftolonifera^ in not being half 

 fo large, and in ftalks growing more in ciuftcrs, 

 without (hoots or runners. 



c-efpitcfa, AIR A. Vid. pag. 94. 



A variety of this frequently occurs upon the 

 Highland mountains, about the month of Oc- 

 tober., with a viviparous panicle, fimilar to what 



is 



