484 98. GRAMINE.E. 



6. MIBO'RA Adans. 



1. M. ver'na (Beany.). M. minima (Desv.) ed. viii. Knappid 

 Sm. E. B. 1127. P. 73. Sturmia Hoppe in *. 7. 1. CVeawi- 

 o*?r0t*Borkh. An elegant but very small grass. Root small, 

 fibrous. St. many. L. short, rough. Spikes slender ; spikelets 

 5 10, sessile. Pale shorter than the glumes, hairy, truncate, 

 ragged. Sandy south-west coast of Anglesea. A. IV. E. 



Tribe III. Phalaridece. 

 7. PHAL'AEIS Linn. Reed-grass. 



[P. canarien'sis (L.) ; pan. ovoid spikelike, gJ. winged on fie 

 keel, wing entire, rudimentary Jl. % half as long as the fertile fl. ? 

 pales pilose.^. B. 1310. P. 9. St. 12 feet high, ending in 

 a compact compound panicle. Gl. large, pale yellow variegated 

 -with green lines and remarkably winged at the back. Scarcely 

 naturalized. A. VII. Canary-grass.'] 



[P. minor (Retz.) ; pan. cylindric-oblong spikelike, gl. winged on the 

 upper part of the keel, wing toothed near the apex, rudimentary fl. 1 

 narrow pilose \ as long as the fertile fl., lower pale pilose quite enclosing 

 the upper, upper much narrower and shorter ciliate on the keel. J. of B. 

 xxxviii. (1900) p. 33, t. 406. St. with a single spike. More slender than 

 the last, with longer narrower pan., much smaller and more numerous n\. 

 and narrower, toothed, keel to the gl. Channel I., perhaps native. A 

 VII.] 



[P. paradox' a (L.) ; pan. spikelike, gl. of fertile fl. with a 

 blunt toothed wing on the keel many- veined, rudimentary ft. 

 several. St. decumbent below, then ascending, 1 3 ft. higpli, 

 branched. Lower part of pan. usually barren; branches with 

 about 6 spikes. Swanage, Dorset. A. VII.] E. 



1 . P. arundindcea (L.) ; pan, upright with spreading branches, 

 fl. clustered, gl. not winged, rudimentary fl. 1 or 2 small hairy. 

 E. B. 402. P. 9. St. 45 feet high. Creeping. Pan. 34 

 in. long. GL keeled. L. sometimes variegated with white lines. 

 By water. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



8. ANTHOXAN'THTJM Linn. Vernal-grass. 



1. A. odordtum (L.) ; pan, spikelike dense oblong, gl. about 

 equalling awns, st, nearly simple below. E. B. 647. P. 8. 

 About a foot high. Panicle lanceolate, dense, or rather inter- 

 rupted below. There are two forms or species : (1) with purple 

 anth. in meadows, (2) with dull yellow anth. in woods. Very 

 common in pastures. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 



