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Group X. Hairy 



Sheath white, with red veins (I. 



Holcus lanatus, L. 



( Yorkshire fog.} 



Hair 



Grasses. 



4)- 



Holcus mollis, L. 



| ( Creeping soft grass. ) 



on blade an'd sheath ... 



Growth 



Shoot 



Figures 



tufted 



3. Base of blade and 



ligule. 



4. Section of the keeled 



sheath. 



5. Hairy back of ligule 



(magnified). 



6. Hairless inner sur- 



face of ligule (mag- 

 nified). 



7. Transverse section 



of blade (magni- 

 fied). After Stebler. 



shorter ; often little or 

 none on sheath. 



Nodes with a down- 

 ward sloping ring of 

 hair. 



creeping. 



with two rows of leaves. 



Blades taper-based ; taper commencing near middle (fig. 

 8). Blades remarkably thin and dry; practically rib! ess. 



Molinia ccerulea, 



Moench. 

 (Flying bent.} 



Brachypodium sylva- 



ticum, R. & S. 

 ( Wood false brome. } 



Ligule 



Habitat 



Figs 



a hair tuft j long and conspicuous (at 



least as long as broad) ; 

 apex toothed, 

 woods. 



18. (X. contd.) Base 

 of blade, and con- 

 spicuous toothed ligule. 



hills 



8. Tapered base of 

 blade, and ligule of 

 hairs 



9. Acute apex of blade. 



(Koeleria cristata, Pers. (Crested Koeleria). Blades firm; 

 ribs prominent and mixed.) 



