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PHLEUM, Linn. 



868. P. arenarium, L. 



Native ; on the sands of the Channel shore between 

 Burnham and Weston- super-Mare ; also on Kew- 

 stoke sands. VI. VII. 



(P. asperum, Jacq. " Habitat in pratis, infra King's 

 Weston prope Bristolium ; " Huds. Fl. Anglica. 

 Swete gives it as having grown near Kingsweston 

 Inn, in 1845. These were probably ballast plants, 

 as would be also the Trifolium resupinatum formerly 

 found in the same locality. They have since been 

 searched for many times in vain.) 



869. P. pratense, L. Timothy-grass. 



Native; in meadows and pastures, everywhere com- 

 mon. The slightly tuberous form (P. nodosum, L.) 

 is not unfrequent on dry hills. VI. 



ALOPECURUS, Linn. 



870. A. pratensis, L. Fox-tail Grass. 



Native ; in meadows and pastures, very common and 

 abundant on all rich land. V. VI. 



871. A. geniculatus, L. 



Native ; in marshes and on edges of ponds and wet 

 ditches, common and generally distributed. 



VI. VII. 



872. A. bulbosus, L. 



Native ; in salt marshes, very local. 

 Gr. Pastures adjoining the Avon below Bristol, ex- 

 tremely abundant near Shirehampton. VI. 



873. A. agrestis, L. 



Colonist ; in cultivated fields and in waste places, 

 often on the lias clays, frequent. 



