118 FLOWERING PLANTS. 



APERA, Ad. 



A. interrupta, Beauv. (Agrostis interrupta, L.). Short- 

 panicled Silky Bent Grass. 6, 7. Very rare : in culti- 

 vated ground between Homersfield and St. Cross, 1884, A. 



AIRA, L. 



A. caryophyllea, L. Silvery Hair Grass. 6, 7. Frequent in 

 dry places : Homersfield Heath ; Mendham Pit on Withers- 

 dale Road, etc. 



A. praecox, L. Early Hair Grass. 4 6. Abundant in dry 

 gravelly places : pasture near Homersfield Heath ; Wort- 

 well Railway Cutting, etc. 



CORYNEPHORUS, Beauv. 



C. canescens, Beauv. (Aira canescens, L.). Grey Hair-gra*s. 



6, 7. Yery rare : plentiful on Homersfield Heath, D. 

 Cf. Introd., p. 31. 



DESCHAMPSIA, Beauv. 



D. caespitosa, Beauv. (Aira caespitosa, L.). Tufted Hair- 



grass. 6 8. Common in woods and moist shady 

 groves. 



HOLCUS, L. 



H. mollis, L. Creeping Soft Grass. 6 8. Frequent : Flix- 

 ton Long Plantation ; Homersfield Village ; Mendham 

 Priory Plantations ; Gawdy Hall W'ood ; St. Margaret's. 



H. lanatus, L. Meadow Soft Grass. 6, 7. Common in fields 

 and by roadsides. 



TRISETUM, Pers. 



T. flavescens, Beauv. (Avena flavescens, L.). Yellow Oat 

 Grass. 7, 8. Common on dry banks and in pastures. 



AVENA, L. 



A. pubescens, Huds. Downy Oat Grass. 6, 7. Not common : 

 Gawdy Hall, near Redenhall Lodge, F. Near the Beck 

 Bridge at St. Cross (EAH), F. 



A. pratensis, L. Narrow-leaved Oat Grass. 6, 7. Dry pastures 

 in the neighbourhood of St. Margaret's (EAH). 



