Botanv. 171 



(467) SETARIA, Beauv. 



1729. S. viridis, Beauv. (PANICUM, L.), 7 8, A. Col. or casual ; 



a harsh grass found occasionally in market gardens and 

 weedy roads. 



1. Woolwich Arsenal ; Plumstead ; Charlton Marshes. 



Dod. 



2. Old gravel-pits at Beckenham and Keston. Sc. 



3. Strawberry fields, Dartford. Dod. 



1730. S. glauca, Beauv. 11, A. Very rare casual. 



1. Road near Belvedere Station on imported gravel. Dod. 



2. In old gravel-pits, Beckenham and Keston. Sc. 

 a. Crossness, 1877. 



(470) PHALARIS, L. 



1736. P. canariensis, L. (CANARY GRASS), 7, A. Casual on rubbish 

 heaps and waste ground. Seeds used in bird-seed ; culti- 

 vated in Kent, especially in the Isle of Thanet. 



1. Hayes gravel-pit, '03. W.H.G. 



2. Brickfield, Dartford Heath, '03. R.H.C. 



3. Rubbish heap outside Nursery, near New Eltham, '06. 



L.C.C. 



4. E. Wickham brickfield, '07. J.F.B. & W.H.G. 



1738. P. arundinacea, L. (DIGRAPHIS, Trin.), 6 7, P. Banks of 



rivers and ponds common, especially in the Weald. 



1739. ANTHOXANTHUM odoratum, L. (SWEET VERNAL GRASS), 



5 6, P. A very common grass in meadows and pastures ; 

 it contains large quantities of coumarin, which contributes 

 most to the scent of new- mown hay, and is probably the 

 cause of hay-fever. 



(473) ALOPECURUS, L. (FOX-TAIL GRASS). 



1742 A. myosuroides, Huds. (AGRESTIS, L.), BLACK BENT, 4 11, 

 A. A very troublesome weed in arable fields ; frequent. 

 1. Weedy roads, Beckenham, '96, and occasionally in the 

 fields. Sc. 



1743. A. aequalis, Sob. (under GENICULATUS as FULVUS, B. & H.), 

 6 9, P. Wet margins of pools ; rare. 



1. In three ponds East of Eltham ; Middle Park, near 

 Eltham ; pond in a wood near Northumberland 

 Heath. Dod. 



