62 AGROSTIS VULGARIS. 



with smooth base and notched apex; inner one membranous; margins 

 entire, and only half the length of the outer palea. Length fifteen 

 inches. 



Flowers at the commencement of July, and ripens seed in the middle 

 of August. 



Subject to variety. 



The variety pumila is a pretty dwarf plant, growing in dry alpine 

 situations. I found it abundant in Westmoreland and Cumberland 

 on Loughrigg Fell and Helvellyn, growing by the side of Nardus 

 stricta. It does not exceed three inches in height. 



The variety aristata has a long, slender, dorsal awn, arising a little 

 above the base of the outer palea. 



The illustration of this beautiful Grass is from a specimen sent by 

 Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester. 



