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921. P. oraria, Dum. 



Native. Mr. J. Gr. Baker has considered some plants 

 gathered on the bank of Avon, in Ashton Fields, S., 

 to be the F. subulicola of Leon Dnfour and other 

 botanists; Swete, FL 92. As this Festuca is 

 generally distributed on European sea-coasts, it 

 is highly probable that we shall also find it among 

 the sand dunes between Burnham and Brean. 



922. F. gigantea, Vitt. 



Native ; in woods and hedges, rather common. 



Gr. Clifton Down. Shady banks of the Frome, near 

 Stapleton. Filton. Henbury. Copse near New 

 Passage. Between Thornbury and Littleton-on- 

 Severn. Tortworth. Wotton-under-Edge. 



S. Thickets on Bedminster Down. St. Ann's Wood, 

 Brislington. Between Abbot's Leigh and the 

 Tanpits. Flax Bourton. Clapton. Congresbury. 

 Abundant about Clevedon. Walton-in-Gordano. 

 Wrington. Frequent near Wells. In woods and 

 hedges near Bath, plentiful. VII. 



923. P. elatior, Sm. 



Native ; in meadows and by the sides of ditches and 

 streams, especially near the coast. Rather common. 



G. Marsh under Ashley Hill. Bank of Avon at 

 Hanham and Conham, and again below Bristol, 

 plentiful. Sodbury. Stapleton. Tortworth. Pilning. 

 The Passages. 



S. Bank of Avon near Keynsham, and it grows in 

 very large tufts on the edge of the tideway below 

 Bristol. Ken. Yatton. Wells. Frequent on 

 ditch-banks in the lowlands about Brent, Burn- 

 ham, and Highbridge. VI. VII. 



