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Tribe VI. Narde. 



13. NARDUS Linn. Mat-grass. 



1. N. stricta (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. 



Suborder II. Euryanthea. Tribe VII. Oryzece. 



14. LEERSIA Soland. 



1. L. oryzoides (Sw.) ; pan. patent with wavy branches, 

 spikelets 3-anclrous 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. rarely, if ever, 

 protruded in this country, mostly inclosed in the sheath of 

 the uppermost leaf. Marsh-ditches in Sussex, Surrey and 

 Hampshire. P. VIII. IX. E. 



Tribe VIII. Stipacea. 



15. STIPA Linn. Feather-grass. 



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

 glabrous. E. B. 1356. A beautiful plant with remarkably long 

 awns, common in gardens. Long Sleadale, Westm. Dillenius. 

 P. VI.] E. 



16. MILIUM Linn. Millet-grass. 



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

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

 34 feet high. Branches of the panicle long, in distant 

 alternate tufts, in flower horizontal, afterwards deflexed. 

 Damp shady woods. P. VI. 



Tribe IX. Agrostidea. 



17. PHRAGMITES Trin. Reed. 



1. P. communis (Trin.) ; pan. diffuse, spikelets 3 5-flowered, 

 fl. exceeding the glumes. Arundo Sm., E. B. 401. P. 29. 

 St. 5 6 feet high, erect. Pan. large, purplish. L. flat, broatl 



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