180 Botany. 



(507) BRACHYPODIUM, Beauv. 



1845. B. sylvaticum, R. & S. (GRACILE, Beauv.), 7, P. Woods 



and hedges ; very common. 



1846. B. pinnatum, Beauv. 7, P. Dry chalky soil ; frequent. 



(508) LOLIUM, L. (RYE-GRASS). Very valuable pasture and 



fodder grasses. 



1847. L. perenne, L. 6, P. Forms the bulk of most lawn and park 



grasses ; with Dactylis glomerata, the chief constituent of 

 artificial permanent pastures and meadows cut for hay. 



var. c.) multiflorum, Lam. A 



1. Plum Lane Brickfields. Dod fide Bennett. 



var. e.) italicum, Braun, B. Sown largely in hay-meadows,, 

 but being a biennial must be re-sown every three years. 



1849. L. temulentum, L. (DARNEL), 6 8, A. Colonist or casual 



in cultivated fields and hedgerows ; not common. One of 

 the few grasses whose seeds are reputed to be harmful. 



1. N. end of Wickham Lane ; Woolwich Arsenal, '93 ; 

 new road, East Plumstead, '94. Dod. 



var. b.) arvense, With. 



1. Woolwich Arsenal, '93. Dod. 



(509) TRITICUM, L. (AGROPYRON, Gaertn.) 



1850. T. caninum, L. 7, P. Damp shady woods and hedges ; 



frequent. 



1. Between Greenhithe and Darenth Wood. Dod. 



2. Woods, south of Cliff e. M. 



3. Locally abundant in wood on Cator Estate, '97. Sc. 

 a. First record, 1778 : Between Greenwich and Woolwich. 



1851. T. repens, Beauv. (COUCH-GRASS, TWICH, QUICH, or QUICK) 



6, P. Hedges, banks, waste ground ; very abundant and far 

 too common in suburban gardens. 



var. b.) barbatum, Duval. Very frequent, 



var. d.) dumetorum, Reich. 



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



