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Aira csespitosa ^ 



A. flexuosa I Hair-grasses. 



A. caryophyllacea j == 



A. prsecox ; 

 Avena flavescens. 

 Arrhenatherixm avenaceum. 

 Triodia decumbens. 



Molinia cserulea. Purple Melic-grass, 



Poa annua ~| 



P, nemoralis [-Meadow-grass. 



P. trivialis J 



Glyceria aquatica. Sweet-grass. 



Cynosurus cristatus. Dog's-tail Grass. 



Dactylis glomerata. Cock's-foot Grass. 



Festuca mynrus. Wall Fescue-grass. 



F. ovina. Sheep's Fescue-grass. 



Bromus asper ^ 



B. sterilis l-Brome-grasses 

 B. mollis r ^ 

 Brachypodium sylvaticum J 



Triticum repens. Couch-grass. 

 Hordeum muriniun. Wall Barley. 

 Lolium perenne. Rye-grass. 

 Taxus baccata. Yew. 

 Juniperus Communis. Juniper. 

 Lysimachia numularia. Creeping Jenny. 



Among the Ferns found on the Forest the most abund- 

 ant are Pteris aquilina, the common brake -fern, which 

 grows wherever it is dry ; Scolopendiuin vulgarc, the Harts- 

 tongue ; Lustrea Jilix-inas, the Male fern ; Polypodiiiin vul- 

 gare, the Polypody which clothes the crowns of pollards. 

 For further information about Ferns, sec Trans. Essex 

 Field Club, vol. i. p. 25 ; iii. pp. Ixi., Ixii. ; ii. p. Ixv. 



