78 TRIANDEIA DIGYNIA. [cL. III. 



It forms excellent thatch. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 401. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. i. p. 169. 136. 



2. A. Epigejos. Wood Reed. Calyx one-flowered, longer than 

 the corolla ; panicle erect, close, with crowded, unilateral flowers ; 

 awn of the outer husk dorsal, as long as the hairs and calyx ; 



leaves lance-shaped Straw about three feet high : panicle 



smaller, closer, and more erect than in the last : flowers purple, 

 with long silky hairs. Perennial: flowers in July : grows in shady 

 moist places : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 403. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 

 170. 137. 



3. A. Calamagrostis. Small Reed. Calyx one-flowered, much 

 longer than the corolla; panicle erect, loose ; flowers spreading in 

 all directions ; awn terminal, short ; hairs longer than the husks ; 



leaves linear. Straws about three feet high, smooth, slender ; 



panicle much branched, with purple flowers. Perennial : flowers 

 in July : grows in marshes, and moist woods and hedges. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xxx. pi. 2159. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 170. 138. 



4. A. Lapponica. Lapland Small Reed. Calyx one-flowered, 

 broadly lance-shaped, as long as the corolla ; panicle erect, close ; 

 corolla equal in height with the calyx and the awn, which latter 



is inserted near the base. Straw about three feet high : leaves 



narrow, rigid : branches of the panicle spreading only during 

 flowering : flowers at first tinged with purplish blue, afterwards 

 becoming yellowish brown. Perennial : flowers in June and July : 

 grows in moist places in Ireland : very rare. Discovered by Mr. 

 D. Moore at Lough Neagh, Antrim. Calamagrostis Lapponnica. 

 Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 34. 139. 



5. A. stricta. Smallest Close Reed. Calyx one-flowered, egg- 

 shaped, acute, scarcely longer than the husks; panicle erect, 

 close ; flowers spreading in all directions, with a dorsal awn ; hairs 

 shorter than the husks. Straw about two feet high, very slen- 

 der, smooth : flowers brown, with the hair short. Perennial : 

 flowers in June : found by Mr. G. Don in the White Mire near 

 Forfar, but has not been found since. Eng. Bot. vol. xxx. pi. 2150. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 171. 140. 



6. A. arendria. Sea Reed. Mat-grass. Sea Bent. Calyx one- 

 flowered, a little longer than the corolla ; panicle close, leaves in- 

 volute, pungent. Root creeping, often twenty feet long : straw 



stiff, greenish-yellow : leaves very long, mostly radical : panicle 

 close, linear, attenuated at each end : chaff-scales unequal, mem- 

 branous, rough on the keel. Very few of the seeds are perfected. 

 This plant is common on the coasts, wherever there is loose sand, 

 which it serves to bind down by its long tough roots. It is manu- 

 factured into door mats and floor brushes. In the Hebrides it is 

 made into ropes for various uses ; mats for pack-saddles, bags and 

 vessels for holding and preparing meal and grain, and into hats. 

 It has also been planted in the outer Hebrides, for curing sand- 

 drift. Perennial : flowers in July. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 520. 

 Eng. Fl. voL i. p. 172. 141. 



25. HO'LCTJS. SOFT-GRASS. 



Calyx two-flowered, of two unequal, keeled, awnless chaff- 

 scales, one of the flowers perfect, the other with an abortive 

 germen. Corolla of two equal husks 5 the larger egg-shaped, 

 keeled, awned on the back ; the smaller much narrower, awn- 



