176 Botany. 



1808. P. compressa, L. 7, P. Dry situations ; not common. 



1. Eltham Jackson 



2. Tripcock Ness. Dod. 



3. One tuft in weedy road, Widmore, '97. Sc. 



var. c.) polynoda, Parn. 



1. Roadside, Farningham, '05. W.H.G. 



1810. P. pratensis, L. 6 7, P. Abundant in pastures, meadows, 

 fields, banks, lawns and parks ; a constituent of natural turf. 



1812. P. trivialis, L. 6, P. Sown with other grasses in rich irrigated 



meadows on stiff soil, growing best in damp shady places ; 

 a constituent of natural turf. 



var. d.) glabra, Doell. 



1. Abundant on dry grassy banks between Port Victoria 



and Grain. M. 

 2 Thames side, Greenhithe, '03. W.H.G. 



(504) GLYCERIA, Br. 



1813. G. fluitans, Br. (PoA FLTJITANS, L.), 69, P. Ponds, etc. ; 



abundant. 



G. fluitans X plicata (G. PEDICELLATA, Towns.), not uncom- 

 mon, apparently not fertile. 



1. Near Cliff e ; between Farningham and Eynsford. H. 



2. River Ravensbourne, near Southend, '03. W.H.G. 



1814. G. plicata, Fr. 6 8, P. Stagnant wanter and wet places ; 



frequent. 



1. Plumstead Marshes ; pond by East Wickham Church ; 



Hanging Wood, Charlton ; about Dartford. Dod. 



2. Between Greenhithe and Northfleet. Jackson. 



var. b.) depauperata, Crepin. 



1. Bed of a pond between Eltham and New Eltham. Dod 



1815. G. aquatica, Sm. (PoA AQUATICA, L.), 7, P. Wet places ; 



rather common, especially in the Weald. 



a. First record, 1793 : Ditches between Deptford and 

 London. 



SCLEROCHLOA, Beauv. (under GLYCERIA, H/; POA, B.). 



1816. S. maritima, Lind. 6 7, P. A maritime grass ascending 



the estuary of the Thames to Gravesend ; a very luxuriant 

 form grows on the alluvial mud about P. Victoria and 

 Grain Fort ; very common. 



