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ORDER CVII. GRAMINEJE. (GRASS TRIBE.) 



ANTHOXANTHUM. (Vernal Grass.) 



I. A. odoratum. L. (Sweet-scented Vernal Grass.) 



Meadows and pastures. 5-7. 



Abundant. Its scent, when drying, gives the agreeable 

 smell to new-made hay. Johnston, in his " Chemistry of 

 Common Life," observes, "This grass contains coumarin, 

 and imparts to dry hay the odour of this substance." The 

 Asperula odorata, L. (Sweet Woodruff), and the Melllotus 

 officinaliS) L. (Common Melilot), also contain coumarin, 

 and when dried emit a fragrant odour. (Edition i.) 



NARDUS. (Mat Grass.) 



I. N. stricta. L. (Common Mat Grass.) 



Moors and heaths. 6. 



Abundant on Harrow Weald Common. Stanmore 

 Heath. (Flor. Midd.) 



ALOPECURUS. (Foxtail Grass.) 



1. A. agrestis. L. (Slender Foxtail Grass.) 

 Fields and way sides. 5-11. 



Cultivated ground at Greenford, and at Stanmore. Near 

 Harrow Station; Horsington Hill. (Flor. Midd.) 



2. A. pratensis. L. (Meadow Foxtail Grass.) 

 Meadows and pastures. 5, 6. 

 Everywhere abundant. 



3. A. geniculatus. L. (Floating Foxtail Grass.) 

 By pools and wet places. 5-8. 



Ditches at Kenton ; by the Canal ; and at Roxeth. 

 Harrow Weald and Stanmore Commons. (Flor. Midd.} 



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