502 98. GR1MINEJ2. 



faint. Anth. about 6 times as long as broad. Lower pale with 

 involute eckes. Ligule bluntish. /?.. hispida (Parn.) ; st. 

 compressed, rachis furrowed on one side and as well as the 

 pan. -branches rough. P. 99. [y. riparia (Towns.); more slender, 

 spikelets fewer, lower gl. equalling or exceeding middle of lowest fl. on 

 same side, nerves closer together, lower pale with narrower white border.] 

 Sea-coast, in damp places. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



2. S. Bor'reri (Bab.) ; pan. branched, branches ultimately 

 erect-patent lowermost generally in fours, spikelets linear 4 7- 

 fl., rachis terete, lower pale with a rigid apiculus formed by the 

 tip of the dorsal vein, csespitose. Glyceria, Bab., E. B. S. 2797 

 (1837). P. 98. G. conferta Fries (1839). St. 612 in. high. 

 No stoles. L. short, fla.t, with very long sheaths. Ligule short, 

 truncate. Edges of the lower pale not involute. Spikelets and 

 fl. half the size of those of S. maritima and S. procumbent. 

 Pan. -branches short, scarcely elongated after flowering, hispid. 

 Muddy salt marshes. P/ VI. VIII. E. I. 



S. S. procum'bens (Beauv.) : pan. ovate-lanceolate compact 

 distichous rigid, spikelets linear-lanceolate of about 4 fl., rachis 

 angular, lower pale blunt with an apiculus formed by the tip of 

 the dorsal vein, root fibrous. E. B. 532. P. 42. Glyceria Dum. 

 Festuca Kunth. St. procumbent (rarely erect when growing in 

 water), rigid. L. flat, with inflated sheaths. Pan. about 2 in. 

 long, with very short rigid branches spreading in 2 rows. Fl. 

 large. Muddy sea-shores. A. VI. VII. E. S. 



ft Panicle regular. 



4. S. dis'tans (Bab.) ; pan. branched, branches long ulti- 

 mately spreading or deflexed lowermost in fours or fives, spike- 

 lets linear 3 5-flowered, rachis semiterete rather flat on one 

 side, lower pale blunt, midrib not reaching to the tip, root fibrous. 

 E. B. 986. P. 41. Glyceria Wahl. Without rooting stoles. 

 St. decumbent below. L. flat, short, with 8 10 equally pro- 

 minent ridges upon their upper surface. Ligule short and trun- 

 cate. Edges of lower pale not involute. Spikelets and fl. half 

 the size of those of the preceding. /3. obtusa (Parn.) ; pan. 

 more compound, spikelets about 7 -flowered, lower pale truncate 

 and broader, ligule shorter. P. 96 & 97. [Var. pseudo-procumbens 

 (W.-Dod), with suhunilateral pan. with fewer shorter stiffer ascending 

 pan.-br., larger greener and more strongly-ribbed pales, is apparently a 

 hybrid with Sp. 3. A quite prostrate form with ascending pan.-br. is 

 var vrostrata (Beebv).] Sea-shores and waste sandy places. 

 ft Leicestershire. P. VI. VIII. E. S. I. 



