ANTHOXANTIICM. PHLEUM. 485 



2. A. Puel'ii (Lee. & Lam.) ; pan. spikelike lax, gl. much 

 falling short of awns, st. many branching from the base. J. of 

 B. xiii. t. 157. Pan. narrowed to the top. St. 6 12 in. high. 

 Sandy pastures. A. VII. IX. E. 



9. HIEHO'CHLOE Gmel. Holy-grass. 



1. H. boredlis (R. & S.) ; pan. divaricate, pedicels glabrous, 

 fl. awnless, 1. flat. E. B. S. 2641. P. 31. About a foot high. 

 Spikelets ovate, brown. Forfarshire (but now lost). Thurso, 

 Caithness. Mr. R. Dick. Kirkcudbright. P. V. VI. S. 



Tribe IV. PMrinea. 



10. PHLE'UM Linn. CatVtail-grass. 



[P. as'perum (Jacq.) ; l.-sheaths slightly inflated, pan. cylin- 

 drical, gl. wedgeshaped truncate swelling upwards, keels rough, 

 rudimentary fl. subulate. E. B. 1077. Probably an escape, 

 now lost. A. VII. j E, 



1. P. Boeh'meri (Wrttel) ; l.-sheaths slightly inflated, pan. 

 cylindrical, yl. linear-lanceolate obliquely truncate mucronate, 

 keel ciliate above, rudimentary fl. subulate. E. B. 459. P. 80. 

 St. leafy below, naked upwards, with sterile leafy shoots. 

 Lower pale entire, not awned. Anth. linear-oblong. Dry 

 chalky fields, rare. P. VII. E. 



[P. Michelli (All.) was probably a mistake.] 



2. P. arendrium (L.) ; l.-sheaths inflated, fKift. oblong, some- 

 what narrowed below, gl. lanceolate acuminate, keel ciliate 

 above, rudimentary fl. subulate minute. E. B. 222. St. 29. 1. 

 P. 7. St. varying greatly in height. Lower pale notched at 

 the summit, 5 the length of the glumes. Anth. very small. 

 Sandy places chiefly near the sea. A. V. VII. E. S. I. 



3. P. praterise (L.) ; l.-sheaths not inflated, pan. cylindrical, 

 gl. oblong truncate with an awn of less than half their length, 

 keel ciliate above, no rudimentary flower. E. B. 1076. P. 77 

 & 78. Slightly creeping (or slightly tuberous, P. nodosum L.). 

 Pan. 1 5 in. long. Awns sometimes longer. Lower pale 

 jagged at the summit. a. P. pratense (L.); st. from a pros- 

 trate base, 1. broad, pan. usually long, anth. purplish. #. sto- 

 loniferum (Bab.) ; many barren leafy prostrate or erect shoots, 

 1. broad, pan. rather short, anth. purplish. y. P. prcecox (Jord.) ; 

 bt. from an ascending base, 1. slend -r, pan. rather sho t, anth. 

 pale yellow. Meadows and pastures. P. VI. Timothif-arass. 



E. S. I. 



