496 98. GRAMINEJC. 



Tribe XI. Festucea. 



31. SIEGLING'IA Bernh. (Triodia, R. Br. ed. viii.) 

 Heath-grass. 



1. S. decum'bens (Bernh.) ; pan. racemose, spikelets few oval, 

 fl. about 4 scarcely extending beyond the glumes without awns. 

 E. B. 792. P. 30. St. 612 in. high. L. flat. Sheaths 

 rather hairy. Ligule a tuft of hairs. Spikelets few, 1 7. Gl. 

 smooth, coriaceous. Lower pale with 3 points, 5-ribbed, hairy 

 at the base. Dry places and heaths. P. VII. E. S. I. 



32. KCELE'KTA Pers. Crested Hair-grass. 



1. K. cristdta (Pers.) ; pan. compact spikelike interrupted 

 below, lower pale acute, 1. narrow rough at the edges ciliate. 

 Air a L., E. B. 648. P. 19. Root crowned with the undivided 

 sheaths of the old leaves. St. 6 18 in. high, downy particularly 

 in the upper part. L., gl. and pales downy or glabrous. Gl. 

 finely toothed on the keel. Lower pale finely toothed on the 

 midrib. Sometimes thel. become convolute (K. albescensDC.?). 

 In dry places the 1. fall short of the st., in damper they are long 

 and often nearly equal it. [Forms with shorter involute L, slender 

 interrupted spikes and less hairy gl., have been referred to K. gracilis 

 (P ers )i Dry pastures. A large form on Ben Bulben, Co. 

 Sligo. P. VI. VII. 



33. MEL'ICA Linn. Melic. 



1. M. nutans (L.) ; pan. branched slightly drooping, spikelets 

 erect with 1 perfect glabrous fl., gl. equalling pales, 1. flat, ligule 

 short blunt with a slender acuminate lobe on one side. E. B. 

 1058. P. 18. M. uniflora (Retz.) ed. viii. Shady and rocky 

 woods. P. V. VI. E.S.I. 



2. M. montdna (Huds.) ; pan. a nearly simple lax secund 

 raceme, spikelets drooping with 2 perfect glabrous fl., gl. falling 

 short of pales, 1. flat, ligule short blunt. E. B. 1059. P. 18. M. 

 nutans, ed. viii.. Damp shady woods in hilly districts. 



VI. 



34. MOLIN'II Schrank. 



1. M. vdria (Schrank) ; pan. erect long narrow, spikelets 

 l_3_fl. ; lower pale 3-veined awnless, upper part of the st. 

 naked. E. B. 750. P. 20. M. carulea (Moench) ed. viii. 

 St. 1 2 feet high, with only one knot placed near to its base. 



