38 PLANTS FOUND NEAR SETTLE. 
Gramen avenaceum glabrum, panicula e spicis raris stri- 
gosis composita, aristis tenuissimis. Raii Syn. p. 415. 
Plentifully under the stone walls in the road from Settle to 
Giggleswick, and elsewhere. 
16. Bromus hirsutus—B. asper, Lin. Hairy-stalked Brome- 
grass (Fl. Lond.). 
Gramen avenaceum dumetorum panicula sparsa. Raw Syn. 
p. 51; nemoralis, Hudson, Fl. Angl. 
Not uncommon in the woods and hedges in Yorkshire, espe- 
cially about Carrend Wensleydale. 
17. Triticum caninum. Bearded Wheat-grass. 
Gramen caninum aristatum radice non repente. Raw Syn. 
p. 58. 
Plentiful with the last-mentioned grass. 
18. Cynosurus ceruleus.—Septeria cerulea, Scop. Blue Dog’s- 
tail Grass. 
Gramen parvum montanum spica crassiore purpureo-ce- 
ruleo brevi. Rati Syn. p. 399. 
There is no character in this grass which would induce one to 
consider it as a Cynosurus. Several botanists of the first emi- 
nence make a distinct genus of it, and apparently with much 
propriety. I first found it on the rocks near Settle, and after- 
wards on the rocks and tops of the hills generally in the north. 
From its being in seed when I discovered it, which was the latter 
end of July, it must be one of the earliest grasses in flower; and 
of all that I have ever seen, is by far the most hardy. The Poa 
pratensis, in this respect, approaches the nearest to it, and is very 
similar in its foliage. The botanist and the farmer are both in- 
terested in the further investigation of this alpine plant. 
19. Scabiosa Columbaria. Mountain Scadious. 
Scabiosa minor vulgaris. Rai Syn. p. 191. 
Frequent on all the limestone rocks. 
20. Plantago maritima. Sea Plantain. 
Plantago, an alpina angustifolia? Rai Syn. p. 315. 
I found this plant very unexpectedly in the road leading from 
Kilnsay to Arncliff, in great abundance; and afterwards disco- 
vered it on the sides of many of the mountains thereabouts. I 
could discover no difference betwixt it and the Sea Plantain grow- 
mg at Gravesend. 
21. Sanguisorba officinalis. _ Great or Meadow Burnet. 
