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rigida. POA panicula lanceolata fubramofa fecunda, rar 



mulis alternis fecundis. Syft. nat. edit. 13. p, 

 98. Sp. pL loi. (Barrel, ic. ^q. Vaill. Paris, 

 t. 18. /. 4. hona. Moris, hifi. Ox. III. p. 182. 

 feu. 0. t. 2. /. 9. 



Hard Poa Grafs, Anglis. 



On walls, rocks, and dry barren foils. On Salif- 

 bury Craig, aiid plentifuily on all the rocks in 

 the king's park, die. G. VII. 



Several flalks arife from the fame root, each about 

 a finger high, erect, firm, and fcili, branched at 

 the top into a narrow lanccolare panicle, the 

 branches all difpofed on one fide of ihe flaik. 



The leaves are very narrow and fiat, their edges 

 often infledled. 



The fpicuU are of a comprefs'd hnear-lanceolate 

 form, either of a dull reddifli purple or a green 

 color, imbricated generally w;th about eight 

 flowers, but varying from five to ten. The 

 peduncles are rigid, and ihorter thait the fpi- 

 c.ila, 



tnedia, BRIZA. Pc^g- gg- 



A double or monftrous variety of this was fhevvn 



me in the cclledion of Dr. Hope, accidentally 



found wild in Scotland. 



The fpicuU were cf a lanceolate figure, the 



valves of the cal)X greatly multiplied or in- 



creas'd 



