174 Botany. 



1778. H. lanatus, L. 7, P. A grey downy grass, very common in 

 moist meadows, but of doubtful fodder- value. 



1779 TRISETUM flavescens, Beauv. (PRATENSE, Pers. ; AVENA 

 FLAVESCENS, L.), 7, P. A good forage grass, common in 

 fields and dry pastures, espesially on the chalk. 



(490) AVENA, L. (OAT-GRASS). 



1780. A. pubescens, Huds. 6, P. Dry pastures; frequent on the chalk. 



1. Meadows about Middle Park, Eltham. Dod. 



2. Meadow banks, Cudham, '03. W.H.G. 



1781. A. pratensis, L. 6, P. Dry pastures, especially on the chalk ; 



rather scarce. 



1. Chalk hills above St. Clere, Morant's Court Hill. 

 H. and M. 



1782. A. strigosa, Sch. (under FATUA, B.), 7, A. Generally a corn- 



field casual. 



1. Casual at Shornemead Fort, '92. Dod. 



1783. A. fatua, L. (WiLD OAT), 6 8, A. A frequent colonist on 



cultivated ground ; the supposed progenitor of the culti- 

 vated oat (SATIVA). 



1. The vast number of wild oats growing in arable fields 



and by roadsides have invariably proved to be 

 A. SATIVA, escaped from cultivation W.H.G. 



2. The true FATUA, with long brown hairs at base of 



fl. stalk, E. Wickham Brickfield, '07. J.F.B. and 

 and W.H.G. 



1784. ARRHEN ATHERUM elatius, M. and K. (AVENACEUM, Beauv.), 



FALSE OAT, 6 7, P. Hedgerows, fields ; v. common, 

 var. b.) nodosum, Reich. (BULBOSUM, Lind.). 



1. In copse (now cleared) near " Fanny-on-the-Hill," 



East Wickham, in abundance, '07. J.F.B. 



2. Hedgerows between Eltham and Bexley, '07. L.C.C. 



1786. SIEGLINGIA decumbens, Bern. (TRIODIA, Beauv.), 7, P. 



Heaths and dry sandy ground ; not uncommon, especially 

 on the commons. 



1. Hayes and Keston Commons, 1877. 



a. First record, 1793 : Greenwich Park and Blackheath, 



1787. PHRAGMITES communis, Trin. (ARUNDO PHRAGMITES, L.), 



COMMON REED, 8, P. Marshes ; common ; a cosmopolitan 

 weed. 



1. Belvedere Marshes, '03. R.H.C. 



