AMMOPHILA ARUNDINACEA. 23 



AMMOPHILA ARUNDINACEA. 



HOST. HOOKER. PARNELL. 



PLATE VIII. A. 



Arundo arenaria, SMITH. HOOKER. GREVILLE. 



" " LlNN^US. WlLLDENOW. KNAPP. , 



" " MARTYN. DICKSON. SCHRADER. 



" " OEDER. EHRHART. 



Ammophila arenaria, LINDLEY. KOCH. 



Calamagrostis arenaria, ROTH. WITHERING. 



Spartum anglicanum, GERARDE. 



The Sea Reed. 



Ammophila To love the sand (from the Greek). Arundinacea A reed. 



AMMOPHILA. Host. Only one British representative of this genus. 

 Panicle spiked, with laterally compressed spikelets. Nearly equal-sized keeled 

 membranous glumes, longer than the floret. Glumellas two, hairy at the 

 base. Outer palea five-ribbed. Leaves narrow. 



It takes its name from two Greek words alluding to its habitat sand near 

 the sea shore. 



A HANDSOME very coarse Grass, of no agricultural value, as no 

 -L\. cattle will eat it, yet valuable as growing amongst sand near 

 the sea, and thus preventing by its matted creeping roots that inroad 

 of the sea which would otherwise take place. It is known as the 

 Common Sea Grass, the Marum or Matweed. 



The present species is protected by an Act of Parliament, on account 

 of its great use along our coasts in Norfolk, and in Holland it is 

 extensively grown, as also about Lytham, in Lancashire. 



Found on coasts of Northumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Cheshire, 

 Denbigh, Anglesea, Merioneth, Essex, Kent, Norfolk, Somersetshire, 

 Worcester, Devonshire, and Cornwall. Common in Scotland and in 



