NARDUS STRICT A. 



NARDUS STRICTA. 



HOOKER AND ARNOTT. WILLDENOW. VAHL. LEERS. KOCH. 



PARNHAM. KNAPP. SMITH. CAVANILLES. 



SOWERBY. SINCLAIR. GREVILT.E. LINDLEY. HUDSON. SCHREBER. 

 WITHERING. MARIYN. SCHRADER. 



PLATE II. 

 The Mat Grass. 



Nardus Odoriferous, (from the Greek.) Stricta Upright. 



NARDUS. Linnaus. Spikelets simple, on one side of the rachis only. 

 Glumes wanting. Glumellas two ; the outer one keeled. Stigma elongated, 

 filiform, and papillose. Stamens three in number. Confined to a solitary 

 British species. 



A MOST abundant Grass on moors and sandy wastes. There is 

 a rush-like character in its leaves, which are rigid, harsh, and 

 forming thick tufts which continue all winter. 



It is of no use for agricultural purposes, cattle rejecting it if they 

 can find other food. 



Common throughout Scotland, England, Ireland, Lapland, Norway, 

 Sweden, and Germany: it is also found in the most northerly portions 

 of North America. 



Spike single; spikelets single-flowered, lanceolate in form, deposited 

 in two rows on one side of the rachis only; the opposite side of 

 rachis naked. Without a calyx. Glumes none. Florets consisting of 

 two paleas, the exterior one tipped with a brief rough awn; the 

 inner palea shorter, entire, membranous, and linear-lanceolate in form. 

 Anthers oblong. Ovarium also oblong and slender. Style only one. 



Stigma one, elongated, filiform, papillose. Seed solitary, linear, and 

 pointed at each extremity. Stem erect, mostly smooth, having four 

 or five leaves, with sheaths that are also smooth and striated, the 



