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pubescent ; fl. glumes linear-lanceolate, scaberulous, mucronate. — Distrib. 

 N. and S. temp, regions. 



33. MOLIN'IA, Schrank. 

 A tall rigid wiry perennial grass. Spikelets subterete, in a slender 

 panicle, 1-5-fld., upper fl. imperfect. Empty glumes 2, much shorter 

 than the flowering, equal, convex, 1 -nerved. Fl. glumes longer, distant, 

 conical, acute, awnless, cartilaginous, nerves 3, very strong. Palea 

 2-nerved, obtuse. Scales membranous, 1-toothed. Stamens 3. Ovary 

 glabrous ; styles short, stigmas feathery. Fruit sub-4-gonous, furrowed, 

 2-beaked with the persistent style-bases, inclosed in the cartilaginous fl. 

 glume. — Distrib. N. temp, regions. — Etym. G. J. Molina, a writer 

 on Chilian botany, &c. 



M. cseru'lea, Mcench ; leaves flat, stem wiry. Eno'dium, Gaud. 



"Wet moors, &c, N. to Shetland ; ascends to 3,000 ft. in the Highlands ; 

 Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. July-Aug. — Stems 1-4 ft., terete, striate, 

 node solitary, near the base, naked above. Leaves smooth, rigid, hairy at 

 the base, tips very slender; sheaths smooth; ligule 0. Panicle 1-12 in., 

 usually stout, very contracted ; rachis flexuous, compressed ; branches erect. 

 Spikelets few, § in., narrow, reddish or violet-purple or green; empty glumes 

 subacute ; fl. glumes deciduous, ovate-lanceolate, subacute ; anthers violet- 

 brown. — Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. and W. Asia, N. Africa. 



M. cceru'lea proper ; spikelets blue-purple 2-3-fld., fl. glumes 3-nerved. — Tab. 

 M. depawpera'ta, Lindl. ; spikelets green 1-fld., fl. glumes 3-5-nerved. 



34. CATABRO'SA, Beauv. 

 A perennial soft grass. Spikelets minute, subterete, obconic, in branched 

 effuse panicles, 1- or 3-4-fld. ; rachilla jointed between the fl. glumes, 

 glabrous. Empty glumes 2, much shorter than the flowering, unequal, 

 scarious, convex, awnless ; upper truncate, crenulate. Fl. glumes coria- 

 ceous, cuneate, terete, 5-nerved, torn at the membranous tip, back smooth, 

 awnless ; lower 1 -nerved sessile ; upper 3-nerved pedicelled, often flowerless 

 or male. Palea as long. Scales ovate-oblong. Stamens 3. Ovary ovoid, 

 glabrous ; stigmas subsessile, feathery. Fruit compressed, not or obscurely 

 furrowed, enclosed in the fl. glume. — Distrib. Temp, and cold regions. 

 — Etym. Karafipilxris, from the erose top of the glumes. 



C. aquat'ica, Beauv. ; panicle pyramidal. 

 Watery places, N. to Shetland, common ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. May- 

 June. — Terrestrial or aquatic, soft, bright green, flaccid. Rootstock stout, 

 branched, creeping and rootiug. Stems 6-12 in., bent below, then erect, 

 compressed, smooth, striate, leafy, sometimes, much branched. Leaves 

 flat, £-| in. broad, linear, obtuse, upper short ; sheaths inflated, smooth ; 

 ligule ovate, obtuse. Panicle 1-4 in., rachis stout, grooved ; branches 

 whorled, divided, slender. Spikelets ^ in., subsolitary, pedicelled, green 

 and purplish ; empty glumes, green, tips very broad, nerves very obscure ; 

 fl. glumes fulvous or purplish, smooth, nerves green ; anthers white. — 

 Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, N. Asia, Himalaya, N. America. — Var. litto- 

 ra'lis, Parn. (mi'nor, Bab.), has smaller 1-fld. spikelets. Sandy coasts. 



