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POA AQUATICA. 



LINN^US. J. E. SMITH. HOOKER AND ARNOTT. PARNELL. ABBOT. 



GREVILLE. WILLDENOW. CURTIS. KNAPP. OEDER. LEERS. 

 SCHRADER. HOST. SlBTHORP. HUDSON. WITHERING. HULL. RELHAN. 



PLATE XXXII. 



Glyceria aqua/tea, SMITH. R. BROWN. BABINGTON. 



Hydrochloa aquatica, LINDLEY. 



Gramen aquaticum majus, RAY. GERARDE. LOBEL. 



The Reed Meadow- Grass. 

 Poa Grass. Aquatica Aquatic. 



POA, LinncRus. The Meadow Grass takes its name from the Greek, sig- 

 nifying grass, or to feed, on account of the whole genus being valuable for 

 pasturage. There are fifteen British species. 



A VERY common handsome Grass, growing in wet situations, such 

 ~L\. as undrained meadows, and along the edges of water. It is a 

 valuable agricultural Grass for damp situations, as it can be mown 

 twice a year, yields a heavy crop, and cattle are fond of its sugary 

 flavour. 



In Scotland it is found near Edinburgh, Forfar, Perth, and Dum- 

 barton. In England, in the counties of Devon, Somerset, Kent, Surrey, 

 Sussex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Oxford, Bedford, 

 Worcester, Gloucester, Warwick, Nottingham, Leicester, York, Chester, 

 Durham, Westmoreland, and Northumberland. 



This summer I found it very abundant and large at Ambleside, in 

 Westmoreland, and in many places round Nottingham. 



Rare in Ireland. 



Abroad it is a native of France, Italy, Germany, Norway, Russia, 

 Sweden, and North America. 



