-190 98, GRAMIKEJE. 



JS. B. 2160. C. stricta, ed. viii. St. erect, 23 ft. high. L. 

 broad ; on the barren shoots much narrower. Uppermost ligule 

 short, blunt ; longer and acute in the Irish plant, var. Hookeri 

 Sy., which has shorter pan. -branches. Bogs. Oakmere, Che- 

 shire. By Loch Tay, [Mr. G. C. Druce. Referred to var. borealis 

 by Prof. Hackel.] " Formerly found near Forfar. Lough Neagh. 

 P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



4. C. strigosa (Hartm.) ; pan. close, gl. lanceolate folding at the tip 

 into a long acuminate point asperous on the back with 1 2 lateral ribs 

 much exceeding the pales, pales deeply jagged at the tip, lower with awn 

 equalling it attached below the middle sometimes near the base, hairs very 

 unequal falling short of the pales, 1. slender. Caespitose. St. erect, 1 2 

 ft. or more high. Young spikes variegated with purple. Upper ligule 

 long. More slender than Sp. 3, with conspicuously longer gl. Site of 

 Loch Duran, Caithness. Mr. E. Dick. P. VII. S. 



20. APE'RA Adans. Wind-grass. 



1. A. Spica-ven'ti (Beauv.) ; pan. spreading, anth. linear-ob- 

 long. Agrostis Sni., E S. 951. Anemanrostis (Trin.) P. 17. 

 St. 12 feet high. Pan. very light and elegant ; branches 

 spreading horizontally with flowers. Awn 3 or 4 times ex- 

 ceeding the pale. Rudimentary n. like a pedicel. A tuft of 

 hair on each side of the inner Dale. Sandy fields, rare. A. VI. 

 VII. E. S. 



2. A. interrup'ta (Beauv.) ; pan. close, anth. oval. E. B. S. 

 2951. St. 1 2 feet high. Pan.-branches dividing from their 

 base, never spreading. Awn 3 or 4 times exceeding the pale. 

 Sandy fields. Pampisford and Chippenham, Cambridgeshire. 

 Thetibrd, Suffolk. Dirleton, S. A. VI. VII. E. S. 



21. AGROS'TIS Linn. Bent-grass. 



1. A. setdcea (Curt.) ; panicle close oblong, branches and pe- 

 dicels rough, gl. unequal acute, lower pale jagged at the top 4- 

 ribbed, lateral ribs ending in short setae, kneed and twisted awn 

 from near the base of the pale and twice its length, /. setaceous 

 involute, sheaths rough, ligule oblong acute. E. B. 1188. P. 

 83. Root tufted. L. short, almost capillary. Pan.-branches 

 short. Midrib of lower glume rough in its upper half, slightly 

 excurrent. Upper pale very minute, a tuft of hairs at its base. 

 Dry heaths in the South-west. P. VII. E. 



2. A. canina (L.) ; pan. spreading when in flower otherwise 

 close, branches and pedicels rough, gl. unequal acute, lower 

 pale jagged at the top 4-ribbed ; kneed and twisted awn from 



