Glyceria.] GRAMINE^. 495 



3. G. marit'ima, Wahlb. ; perennial, stolons long, leaves involute, 

 branches of contracted panicle solitary or 2-3-nate very short, fl. glumes 

 4-12 obtuse or apiculate. Scleroch'loa marit'ima, Lindl. 



Muddy, &c, sea-coasts, N. to Shetland ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. July. — 

 Rootstock widely creeping. Stems 8-16 in., terete, smooth. Leaves involute 

 or channelled, acute or pungent ; sheaths smooth ; ligule rather long, oblong. 

 Panicle 1-3 in., oblong, contracted ; branches appressed or horizontal, rarely 

 deflexed, or more than 3-nate; rachis subterete, grooved on one side. 

 Spikelets J-g in., ovate-oblong or linear-elongate, green or purplish ; empty 

 glumes subacute ; fl. glumes obscurely 3-toothed, tip hyaline or not. — 

 Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, Siberia, N. America. — Tar. his'pida, Parn. ; 

 panicle rough. — Vae. ripa'ria, Towns.; more slender, spikelets fewer, 

 flowers later. Hants. 



4. G. Borre'ri, Bab. ; perennial, stolons 0, leaves flat, branches of con- 

 tracted panicle solitary or 2-3-nate very short, fl. glumes 3-6. G. con- 

 fer'ta, Fr. ; Scleroch'loa confer'ta, Bab. 



Salt marshes, E, and S. coasts; from York to Kent and "W. to Devon; 

 Waterford ; fl. June-Aug. — Stems densely tufted, 12-20 in., stout. Leaves 

 short, sheaths long; ligule short. Panicle 3-6 in., strict, rachis stout, 

 lower branches finally spreading. Spikelets smaller than in G. marit'ima, fl. 

 glumes nearly all alike.— Distrib. Holland, N.W. Germany. 



5. G. dis'tans, Wahlb. ; perennial, leaves flat, branches of effuse 

 panicle 4 -5-nate long slender at length deflexed, fl. glumes 3-6 obliquely 

 truncate. Scleroch'loa dis'tans, Bab. ; S. multicul'mis, Syme. 



Sandy chiefly maritime places, N. to Shetland Ireland, rare ; fl. July-Aug. — 

 Rarely stoloniferous ; leaves broad, flat; stem in the typical states tall, 

 slender; panicle with long horizontal and deflexed branches, and spikelets 

 £-j in. or less. — Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, Siberia, Himalaya, N. 

 America. 



6. G. procum'bens, Dumort. ; annual, leaves flat, sheaths inflated, 

 branches of rigid panicle short solitary or 2-3-nate, fl. glumes 3-5 obtuse 

 mucronate. Scleroch'loa procum'bens, Beauv. 



Muddy seashores of England ; Ireland, rare ; Channel Islands; fl. June-July. 

 — Root fibrous. Stems 3-6 in., short, stout, rigid, spreading, erect or decum- 

 bent. Leaves short, subacute, glaucous; ligule short ; sheaths large, grooved. 

 Panicle 1-2 in., green ; rachis angular ; branches stout, erecto-patent, sub- 

 distichous, smooth. Spikelets &-J in., subsessile, crowded.— Distrib. W. 

 Europe from Holland to Spain and Italy, N. Africa, Siberia, Himalaya, N. 

 America. 



40. PESTU'CA, L. Fescue Grass. 



Spikelets subterete, racemed or panicled, 3-ormore-fld. ; rachilla jointed 

 between the fl. glumes. Empty glumes 2, rarely 1, shorter than the lowest 

 fl. glume, unequal, membranous, acute ; upper larger, 3-nerved ; lower 

 1-nerved. Fl. glumes convex, 3-5-nerved, mucronate or awned at or near 

 the tip, upper sometimes empty. Palea 2-fi.d, nerves hairy. Scales 2, 



