330 GRAMINEJ!. 



III. By the Cran near Whitton. By the Thames, Twickenham. 



IV. Bet. Ken Wood and Finchley ; Irv. MSS. By a stream in the foot- 



ball field, Harrow ; Mclv. 91. 

 V. By canal near Apperton ! ; bet. Acton and Turnham Green ! ; Newb. 

 VII. [By the Thames bet. London and Chelsea, Doody ; B. Hist. ii. 1909.] 

 [Woods by the boarded river ; Hill, 37-] By the river, Chelsea 

 Hospital, 1861. 

 First record : Doody, 1688 ; also first as a British plant. 



819. P. pratensls, Huds. Meadow Fescue. 

 Cyb. Br. iii. 223. Curt. F. L. f. 6. 



Rich meadows and pastures ; very common. P. June, July. 

 Throughout all the districts, but less common in II. and III. 

 VII. Bet. Lea Bridge and Bow; Cherry (v.s.). Near Hornsey. South 

 Heath, Hampstead. Isle of Dogs. 



Var. j8. F. loliacea, Huds. Festuca fluitans, var. j8 (M. & G.). Curt. 

 F. L. f. 6. 



I. Potter's Bar. 



III. About Harrow, not uncommon, W. M. H. ; Melv. 91. Twickenham, 

 near the church. 

 V. Apperton ! ; Newb. 

 VII. [In the privy garden, Whitehall, a single plant; M. ^- G. 113.] 

 Common about Stoke Newington, J. Woods ; B. G. 400. About 

 London ; Curt. F. L., and other authors. About Kentish Town ; 

 Irv. MSS. 

 First record : Curtis, about 1790. 



BEOMUS, Linn. 



820. B. erectus, Htids. 

 Cyb. Br. iii. 228. Lowe t. 51. 



Dry pastures ; very rare. P. June, July. 



I. Neighbourhood of Uxbridge ; Light/ . MSS. Field above the chalk- 

 pit, Harefield, abundant. 

 First record : lAghifoot, about 1780. Confined to the chalk. 



821. B. asper, L. 



B. hirsutus (Curt.). 



Cyb. Br. iii. 225. Curt. F. L. f. 2 (drawn from a Middlesex specimen). 



Moist hedges; rather common. A., B., or P. July, Aug-ust. 



I. Harefield, abundant. About South Mims, abundant. 



II. Staines Moor. 



III. Harrow, very common ; Melv. 92. Near Whitton. By Baber Bridge. 



Hounslow. Near TT;\'iokenham, very abundant. 



IV. About Hampstead ; Curt. F. L. Near Harrow Weald Church. Bet. 



Sudbury Station and' Apperton. 



