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1538. M. uniflora. Common melic-grass. Woods and hedge 



banks, common. 

 1539- Catabrosa aquatica. Water whorled grass. Wet 



places, common. Sharow mires ; by the canal ; &c. 

 1540. Glyceria fluitans. Floating sweet grass. Pools and 



marshes, common. 

 1542. G. aquatica. Water sweet grass. Pond sides and 



marshy fields, not uncommon. Sharow mires, &c. 

 1547. Sclerochloa rigida. Hard sweet grass. Dry places 



and old walls,occasional. Fountains ; Hackfall, onrocks. 

 1549. Poa annua. Annual meadow-grass. Fields, abundant. 

 1558. P. pratensis. Smooth meadow-grass. Fields, common. 

 1559- P- trivialis. Rough meadow-grass. Fields, common. 

 1560. Briza media. Quaking grass. Meadows, local, but in 



plenty where it occurs. 

 1562. Cynosurus cristatus. Crested dog's-grass. Dry 



fields, abundant. 

 1564. Dactylis glomerata. Cock's-foot grass. Meadows, 



common. 



1568. Festuca sciuroides. Barren fescue grass. Walls and 



waste ground. Fountains Abbey ; Ellershaw Hill 

 (Baines) ; of the other record in Baines — " Hutton 

 Moor, two miles east of Ripon" — I can make nothing. 

 Hutton Moor is north of Ripon. 



1569. F. ovina. Sheep's fescue grass. Dry woods and pas- 



tures, not uncommon. Plentiful about Masham and 

 Swinton ; Miss Morton records it from Brimham 

 Rocks. The viviparous form occurs on the Hamble- 

 don Hills. 



1570. F. rubra, var. duriusada. Hard fescue grass. Fields 



and waste ground, common. 

 1572. F. elatior. Tall fescue grass. Wet fields and wood- 

 sides. Near Leckby Carr (Baines) ; Sutton under 

 Hambledon (Baines). 



