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SPARTINA STRICTA. 



SMITH. PARNELL V HOOKER AND ARNOTT. KUNTH. KOCH. LINDLEY. 

 BABINGTON. DEAKIN. MACREIGHT. 



PLATE LXIX. B. 



Dactylis stricta, LINNAEUS. SMITH. KNAPP. 



WITHERING. SOLANDER. WILLDENOW. 

 cynosuroides, HUDSON. LOEFLING. 



The Twin-spiked Cord-Grass. 



Spartina Named from its resemblance to Lygeum spartum. 

 Stricta Close, 



SPARTINA. Erect-growing; spike compound. There are two British 

 examples; name derived from the Greek. 



AN interesting, although useless, erect-growing Grass; found on 

 muddy salt marshes, on the east and south-east coasts of 

 England. 



A native of England, France, and Italy. 



Stem striated, smooth, and sheathed to the apex, bearing numerous 

 involute, rigid, pointed, smooth leaves, with smooth striated sheaths, 

 the upper one extending beyond its leaf. Ligule brief, blunt, and 

 ragged. Inflorescence of two or three spikes. Spikelets alternate, 

 laterally compressed, and consisting of two glumes and one floret; 

 glumes very unequal, hirsute, destitute of lateral ribs; inner glume 

 largest. Floret of two unequal paleae, exterior one shortest, hirsute, 

 and destitute of lateral ribs. Inner palea having two delicate ribs. 

 Stamens three; stigmas plumose; anthers upright and linear; base 

 cloven; apex somewhat pointed; filaments lengthy and plumose. 



