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LEPTURUS INCURVATUS. 



TRIN. HOOKER AND ARNOTT. KOCH. MACREIGHT. 

 KUNTH. BABINGTON. 



PLATE LXVIII. B. 



Rottbcellia incurvata, LINN^IUS. SMITH. PARNELL. 



" " HOOKER. WILLDENOW. KNAPP. 



" " SCHRADER. HOST. OEDER. 



" CAVANILLES. WITHERING. HULL. 



" " RELHAN. DEAKIN. 



" filiformis, ROTH. DON. 



" incurvatus, vox. filiformis, HOOKER. PARNELL. 



Lepturus filiformis, TRIN. MACREIGHT. KUNTH. 



Ophiurus incurvatus, BEAUVAIS. LINDLEY. 



JEgilops incurvata, LINNJEUS. 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 agricultural 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. 



