LEPTURUS INCURVATUS. 



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LEPTURUS INCURVATUS. 



TRIN. HOOKER AND ARNOTT. KOCH. MACREIGHT. 

 KUNTH. BABINGTON. 



PLATE LXVIII. B. 



Rottbozllia incurvata, 



filiformis, 

 incurvatus, 

 Lepturus filiformis, 

 Ophiurus incurvatus, 

 /Egilops incurvata, 



LINN.EUS. SMITH. PARNELL. 

 HOOKER. WILLDENOW. KNAPP. 



SCHRADER. HOST. OfiDER. 



CAVANILLES. WITHERING. HULL. 

 RELHAN. DEAKIN. 

 ROTH. DON. 

 var. filiformis, HOOKER. PARNELL. 



TRIN. MACREIGHT. KUNTH. 

 BEAUVOIS. LINDLEY. 

 LINNAEUS. HUDSON. 



The Curved Sea Hard- Grass. 



Lepturus Slender-spiked. 



Incurvatus Bowed down. 



LEPTURUS. Brown, The Hard-Grass derives its name from the Greek, 

 and signifies slender-tailed, on account of the slender spikes. There is only 

 a solitary British example. 



A GRASS growing in salt marshes near the sea, and of no agri- 

 -JL_ cultural use. 



In England it is found in the counties of Devon, Somerset, Sussex, 

 Kent, Essex, Norfolk, Gloucester, Durham, and Northumberland. In 

 Wales in Denbigh, Flint, and the Island of Anglesea. In Scotland 

 along both the east and west coasts. In Ireland common along the 

 coasts. 



Abroad it is met with along the shores of the Mediterranean. 



Stem circular, polished, striated, base decumbent and bent at the 



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