488 98. GRAMINEJE. 



Tribe VI. Nardea. 



13. NAR'DUS Linn. Mat-grass. 



1. N. stric'ta (L.).-E. B. 290. P. 2. Tufted, St. and 1. 

 erect, slender, rigid. Height 5 8 in. Spike close, slender. 

 Lower pale with a short rough awn, coriaceous, often purplish ; 

 upper membranous. Moors and heaths. P. VII. E. S. I. 



Suborder II. Evryantheae. Tribe VII. Oryzea. 



14. HOMALOCEN'CHRUS Mieg. (Leersia Soland. ed. viii.) 

 Cut-grass. 



1. H. oryzctides (Poll.) ; pan. patent with wavy branches, 

 spikelets 3-androus half-oval, keel ciliate. E. B. S. 2908. 

 Creeping. St. 1 2 ft. high. L. broad, rough-edged ; upper- 

 most horizontal at the flowering-season. Pan. mostly enclosed 

 in the sheath of the uppermost leaf. The included fl. alone are 

 usually fertile. Marsh-districts in Sussex, Surrev, Ilampsliirp, 

 and Dorset. P. VIII. IX. E. 



Tribe VIII. Stipace. 



15. STI'PA Linn. Feather-grass. 



[S. penndta (L.) ; awn very long twisted feathery its base 

 glabrous. Awns remarkably long. Not a native. Common 

 in gardens. P. VI.] E. 



16. MIL'IUM Linn. Millet-grass. 



1. M. effusum (L.) ; pan. diffuse, pales acute, st. smooth, 1. 

 lanceolate-linear. E. B. 1106. P. 17. -Stoloniferous. St. 

 3 4 feet high. Branches of the panicle long, in distant alter- 

 nate tufts, in flower horizontal, afterwards deflexed. Damp 

 shady woods. P. VI. . E. S. I. 



[Jf. scdbrum (Merlet) ; pan. close, pales obtuse, st. scabrid, 1. short 

 linear-lanceolate. J. of B. xxxviii. (1900) p. 34, t. 406 B. A small plant 

 (in Guernsey 14 in. high) slightly scabrid throughout. Pan. small 

 with few short flexuous nearly erect br. Glumes 3-veined. Cliffs, Petit 

 Bot, Guernsey. Mr. C. -B. JP, Andrews. A. IV.] 



