192 88. GRAMINE.E. 



very close, interrupted below, .1 2 in. long. Inner glumellas 

 white and silvery, with a green keel, outer ones shining on the 

 edge. 



Rare. Dry pastures. (B) P. 6 7. "Abundant at Jerviston," Pair. On a 

 grassy bank by the sea shore below Fairlie. 



14. HOLCUS. Soft-grass. 



1. H. LAXATTJS, L. 'Meadow Soft-grass. Rhizome creeping. 

 Stems 1 2 ft. high, clothed as well as the le. with a soft down, 

 giving the plant a pale appearance. Panicle erect when young, 

 spreading in flower, tinged with purple. Gl. obtuse, sometimes 

 with a short point below the apex. Awn of the barren floret 

 curved when ripe, in the form of a fish-hook, concealed by the 

 glumes. 



Very common. Pastures and woods. (B) P. G 7. 



2. H. MOLLIS, L. Creeping Soft-grass. This conies very near 

 the last, not so downy, but with long hairs on the nodes, pointing 

 downwards. Awn of the barren floret projecting beyond the 

 acute glumes, geniculated. 



Frequent. Pastures and hedges. (B) P. 7. Langside wood ; near Cambus- 

 lang ; from Gourock to Arran. 



15. AfRA. Hair-grass. 



A. Lower glumella truncate, jagged. 



1. A. C^SPITOSA, L. Tufted Hair-grass. Root fibrous. Stems 

 tufted, erect, 2 4 ft. high. Le. linear, acuminate, rough on 

 the margin and upper surface. Sheaths rough; ligule long. 

 Panicle much branched, close and drooping at first, afterwards 

 spreading and erect, silvery-grey, 6 8 or 10 in. long, branches 

 rough. Outer glumellas with the aivn inserted at the base, and 

 of the same length. 



Very common. Moist places and sides of ditches. (B) P. 6 7. 



2. A. ALPINA, L. Smooth Alpine Hair-grass. This is by 

 many considered a variety of the former, with short le. , sheaths 

 smooth. Awns arising from above the middle of the glumellas , 

 and not extending beyond the apex; often viviparous, 6 12 in. 

 high. 



On the tops of our highest mountains, (H) P. 6 7. Ben Lomond. 



3. A. FLEXUOSA., L. Waved Hair-grass. Stems slender, 

 12 18 in. high. Le. convolute; ligule truncate. Panicle loose ; 

 lower branches waved; spikelets shining. Gl. rough on the mid- 

 rib. Awn twisted, arising from near the base, and extending 

 considerably beyond the apex of the glumella. 



Common. Heaths and hilly woods. (B) P. 7. Banks of the Forth and Clyde 

 Canal; Cathkin; and all the hills around. 



