CALAMAGROSTIS STRICTA. 53 



CALAMAGROSTIS STRICTA. 



NUTTALL. PARNELL. KOCH. LINDLEY. HOOKER. 

 PLATE XVI. A. 



Arundo stricta, SMITH. HOOKER. SCHRADER. 



" neglecia, EHRHART. 



The Small Close Reed. 

 Calamagrostis Palm Grass. Stricta Upright. 



THIS very rare Grass grows on bogs and in marshes. 

 Found about Oakmere, in Delamere Forest, Cheshire, and in 

 several places in the county of Antrim. It used to grow in Fifeshire, 

 but has been by drainage of the land destroyed in that county. Found 

 in the most northern portion of Europe, and in North America. 



Stem upright, circular, and rough, having two or three narrow 

 acute rough leaves, with smooth striated sheaths and smooth joints. 

 Inflorescence compound panicled. Panicle somewhat close and rough, 

 three to five inches in length. Calyx having two almost equal-sized 

 membranous broad glumes, destitute of lateral ribs. Floret one-awned, 

 consisting of two palese, ovate in form, apex jagged, and base hirsute; 

 the awn does not extend beyond the apex of the palea. Inner palea 

 considerably shorter, thin, and transparent. Length from eighteen to 

 twenty-four inches. 



It is much less robust than Calamagrostis epigejos, having shorter 

 hairs, and the floret only half the size. Awn commencing lower, and 

 not extending much beyond the palea. 



Comes into flower about the 20th. of June, and ripens its seed in 

 the last week in July. 



