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18. Lagurls. Linn. Hare's-tail-grass. 

 I. L. ovdfus, L. (^ovafe Hare s- tail- grass). E. Bot.t. 1334. 



Very rare. Sandy grounds in the north and west of Guernsey. Fl. 

 June. 0. — The only species of the g-enus ; remarkable for its soft 'and 

 pale heads oijiowers, from among which the long awns are protruded. 



19. Milium. Linn. Millet-grass, 

 1. M. effusum, L. (spreading Millet-grass); panicle glabrous 



its branches subverticillate, leaves lanceolate, ligule obtuse. E. 



Bot. t. 1006. 



Moist shady woods. Fl. June. U .— Culms .3—4 feet high. 



20. Gastridium. Beauv. Nit-grass. 



1. G. lendigerum, Beauv. {awned Nit-grass); cal.-valves Ian. 



ceolate acuminate, awn twice their length Miliutn lendigerunt, 



E.Bot.t. 1107. 



Places where water has stagnated near the sea, rare. In Shejjpey ; at 

 Weymouth ; and at Gillingham in Norfolk. Fl. Aug. i;.— 4 to 6 or 8 

 inches high, with numerous ghssyjiorets, singularly swollen at the base. 



21. Stipa. Linn. Feather-grass. 

 1. * S.penndta, L. (common Feather-grass) ; leaves rigid seta- 

 ceous grooved, awns exceedingly long feathering to the point. 

 E. Bot. f. 1356. 



Said to have been found in Dillenius' time in Westmoreland. Fl. 

 June, 2f.. — A great ornament to our gardens in the summer, and to our 

 rooms in the winter, for if gathered before the seed is ripe, the long 

 feathery awns remain, and a tuft of them is almost as beautiful as the 

 famed tail of the Bird of Paradise. 



22. PoLYPoGON. Desf. Beard-grass. 



1. P. Monspeliensis, Desf. (^annual Beard-grass); awns thrice 

 as long as the rather obtuse rough valves of the cal., root annual. 

 E. Bot. t. 1704. {Agrostis panicea). — Phleum crinifnm, Br. El. 



Rare, in moist pastures near the sea. In Hampshire and Essex; near 

 Cley, Norfolk. Guernsey. North-fleet Hope, Thames. Mr G. Fran- 

 cis. Inverkeithing. R.Andr. Robertson, jiin. F/. July, Aug. 0. — 

 A beautiful grass, rare, but undoubtedly wild in our country ; most 

 abundant in the warmer parts of Europe, 



2. P. littordlis, Sni. (peren?iial Beard-grass) ; awns equal in 

 length to the almost glabrous acute valves of the calyx, root 

 perennial, E. Bot. t. 1251 {Agrostis littoralis). 



Muddy salt-marshes, rare. Near Cley, Norfolk ; in Essex, and near 

 Woolwich. Fl. July. 11. — Very different from the last speHes ; but 

 rightly referred, by Sir J. E. Smith, to Polypogon. The calyx-valves 

 are more acuminated than in P. Monsp., and they taper more gradually 

 into the much shorter awn ; outer valve of the cor. truncate and toothed 

 at the points in both. — It was long supposed peculiar to England, but 

 is now found in Germany, 



23. Calamagrostis. Adans. Small-reed. 

 8. C. Epigejos, Roth, (ivood Small-reed); cal. -glumes subulate 



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