314 GRAMINE^. 



770. P. arundlnacea, L. 



Ccdamagrostis aquat. Anc/lo-Brit. (werosa gluma (Lob.). Gr. arundina- 

 ceum acerosa gluma (How.). Chaffy Eeed (Pet.). Arundo colorata 

 (G. & E.). 

 Cyb. Br. iii. 151. Lowe t. 7. 



Borders of streams and ponds ; very common. P. June — August. 

 In all the districts ; especially frequent by the Thames, and less noticed 

 in IV. and VI. 

 VII. Not far from London, ' via qua itur Eatteam* ; ' Lob. III. 45. By the 

 Thames banks ; How 60, Pet. Cone. Gr. 70. Isle of Dogs, &c. ; 

 Herb. G. cf- E. Serpentine, 1813 ; Herb. Bev. Inst. Exeter. Hackney 

 Wick. 

 First record : Lobel, about 1600 ; also first as a British plant. 



ANTHOXANTHUM, Linn. 



771. A. odoratum, L. Sweet Vernal Grass. 

 Cyb. Br. iii. 162. Lowe t. 1. 



Meadows, heaths, and woods ; very common. P. May, June. 

 Throughout all the districts. 

 VII. [Marylebone Fields, 1817 ; Herb. G. # i?.] Meadows to the north of 

 London ; as about Hornsey Wood, Kilburn, Kentish Town, &c., 

 abundant. 

 First record: Goodger and Bosea, 1817. One of the staple grasses of 

 the rich meadows of the county. Both the forms mentioned in Bab. 

 Man. 402 are found. 



PHLEUM, Linn. 



772. P. pratense, L. Timothy Grass. Meadow Catstail. 

 Gramen typhinmn iii. (Johns.). Gr. typhaides asperum primum and (?. 



t. a. alterum (Blackst.). 

 Cyb.Br. iii. 154. Lowe t. 8. 



Meadows and roadsides, old cornfields ; very common. P. June. 

 Throughout all the districts. 

 VII. [Plentifully about London ; Chelsey Field ; Johns. Ger. 12.] Fulham. 

 Isle of Dogs. Common in the meadows north of London. 

 First record: Johnson, 1633; also first as a British plant. A valuable 

 grass. Very variable in size and habit. 



? P. asperum, Jacq. Cyb. Br. iii. 156. Lowe t. 9. There is a specimen 

 in Herb. Mus. Brit, labelled 'Phalaris aspera, WiUd. ; near Elstroe, 

 Herb. S. E.' This, like many other Elstree plants in Eudge's collection, 

 would appear, however, to have come from a garden. 



' * Possibly Ratcliff Highway, described by Stow as ' a large highway with fair elm trees 

 on both the sides.' 



