Monocotyledons 95 



F. rubra (Creeping Fescue). Common. 

 F. arundinacea (Sea Fescue). Loch of 

 Cliff, Unst. 



20. Bromus commutatus (Meadow Brome). 

 Fields. Occasionally. 



B. mollis (Soft Brome). Only seen sparingly 

 at Hamna Voe, Yell.(Beeby,in Scot. Nat. 1887.) 



21. Lolium perenne (Rye-grass). 'Fields 

 and waysides frequent, but it would be diffi- 

 cult to ascertain whether really native or not. 



L. temulentum (Darnel). Imported. 



22. Agropyron repens (Couch-grass). Very 

 common. 



A. junceum (Rush-like Couch-grass). On 

 most sea-shores and sands. 



23. Nardus stricta (Mat-grass). Heathy 

 and moory hills, especially on gneiss and 

 mica schist, though scarce on limestone or 

 serpentine. Very common. 



24. Elymus arenarius (Sand Lyme-grass). 

 Common on the sandy sea-shores. This plant 

 is generally said to be scarce in flower, while 

 its usual associate, Ammophila arundinacea, 

 is frequent in that state. These conditions 

 are reversed in Shetland, for it is by no means 

 often that specimens of the latter can be 

 procured in flower. 



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