88. GRAMINE^;. 191 



sheaths ; ligule obtuse. Panicle large, loose, subverticillate ; lower 

 branches deflexed. Glumellas concave, hard and shining when 

 covering the ripe fruit. 



Frequent. In moist shady woods. (B) P. 56. "Woods, Hamilton and 

 Lanark," Hopk. Gairbraid glen; banks of the Kelvin ; Langside wood, &c. 



10. M&LICA. Melic-grass. 



1. M. UNIFLORA, Retz. Wood Melic-Grass. Ehizome creep- 

 ing, tufted. Stems erect, slender, 12 18 in. high. Le. soft, flat 

 and broad, acute, sheath rough, striated, bearing a few slender 

 hairs on the upper part. Panicle of few spikelets, slightly droop- 

 ing; spikelets containing 1 perfect floret, and an inner neuter one 

 on a short stalk. 



Frequent. In shady woods. (E) P. 5 7. Kelvin on the bank above the 

 grinding mill; Kenmuir bank ; Cambuslang glen; from Gourock to Arran. 



2. M. NUTAXS, L. Mountain Melic-grass. Stem slender, erect, 

 1 2 ft. high. Le. flat, erect; ligule short, obtuse. Raceme one- 

 sided, with 10 15 drooping 2-flowered spikelets; neuter florets 

 stalked. Gl. ovate, nerved, brown or purple, with scarious pale 



Rare. In woods. (S) P. 5 6. Bonnington Falls and Cartlane crags. " In a 

 plantation opposite Bushy mills," Dr. Ross. 



11. MoLfNiA. Purple-Molinia. 



M. C^RULEA, Moench. Rhizome tufted, very hard. Stems 

 erect, with one joint near the base, 1 2 ft. high. Le. mostly 

 radical, long, flat, acute, with hairs on the upper or inner surface, 

 Panicle erect, long, when in woods often 10 in. high, narrow and 

 close, bluish purple. Outer glumella 3-ribbed; seldom more than 

 2, sometimes 1 -flowered. 



Common. On all our moors. (B) P. 78. Cathkin hills ; Cadder wilderness ; 

 from Gourock to Arran. 



12. CATABRdsA. Whorl-grass. 



C. AQUATICA, Beauv. Water Whorl-grass. Rhizome creeping, 

 or often floating, and sending up erect flowering stems. Le. 

 short, flat, obtuse, soft and light green. Panicle whorled, spread- 

 ing. Glumellas scariose, or slightly toothed at the apex. 



Rare. Pools and river banks. (B) P. 56. " In a wet field to the east of 

 Gilbertfield Castle," Hopk. In a wet ditch near Crossbasket. 



Var. littoralis, small, spikelets 1 -flowered. 



On the sea shore in moist shady places. Cumbrae, Bute, and Arran. 



13. KCEL^RIA. Crested Hair-grass. 



K. CRISTATA, Pers. Root fibrous. Stem 6 8 in. high. Le. 

 tufted, smooth or downy, margins more or less hairy. Panicle 



