Mr. Winch's Flora of Northumberland, &;c. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 131 ; Berwick Flora, 24 ; Poa dc- 



cumbcns, Eng. Bot. 792; Hook. Fl. Scot. 36 ; 



Festuca dccumbcns, Linn. Sp. PL i. 110 ; Hudson, 



47. 

 On moors and barren heaths, frequent. On Gateshead 



Fell, D., and Newcastle Town Moor, N. Near 



Berwick. — Dr. G. Johnston. 



38. BRIZA. 



1. B. media. Common Quaking-grass. 

 Sm. Eng. FL i. 133 ; Eng. Bot. 340 ; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 37 ; Berwick Flora, 25. 

 In pastures, &c, frequent. 



39. DACTYLIS. 



1. D. glomerata. Rough Cock's-foot-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 134 ; Eng. Bot. 335 ; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 37- 

 In meadows, pastures, and by hedges. 

 A productive, but coarse grass. 



40. CYNOSURUS. 



1. C. cristalus. Crested Dog's-tail-grass. 



Sm. Eng. FL i. 137; Eng. Bot. 31G ; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 37. 

 In meadows and pastures on a dry soil everywhere. 



2. C. echinatus. Rough Dog's-tail-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 137; Eng. Bot. 1333; With. ii. 



212. 

 On the ballast hills of Tyne and Wear, N. and D., 



rare. On St. Anthon's ballast hills, N Mr. John 



Thornhill and Mr. Ii. VVaugh. 



41. FESTUCA. 



1. F. ovina. Sheep's Fescue-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 139 ; Eng. Bot. 585 ; Hook. FL 



Scot. 38. 

 3 F. rubra, With. ii. 153, according to Smith. 

 y F. casta, Eng. Bot. 1917. 

 S"F. tenuifulia, Sibth. 44. 

 In upland pastures, and on moors. J at Prestwick 



Carr, N. 



2. F. vivipara. Viviparous Fescue-grass. 



Sm. Eng. FL i. 140; Eng. Bot. 1355; Berwick 



Flora, 25 . With. ii. 216 ; F. ovina 8, Gr. Fl. 



Eds. 25 ; F. ovina y, Hook. Br. Fl. 45. 

 Near Eglestone, D. Near Crow Hall, opposite 



Ridley Hall, on the Tyne. — Mr. J. Thompson. 



On Cheviot, N. 

 Most probably a variety of Feslnca ovina. 



3. F. duriuscula. Hard Fescue-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 141 ; Eng. Bot. 470 ; Hook. FL 



Scot. 38. 

 8 F. dumctorum, Linn. Sp. PL i. 109. 

 a In dry meadows. 8 in woods. 



4. F. rubra. Creeping Fescue-grass. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 141 ; Eng. Bot. 2056. 



£■ V-qlauca. Sm. Eng. FL 142 ; Northumberland 

 and Durham Guide, vol. ii. Preface 2 and 19, 

 No. 1102 ; Berwick Flora, 26. 

 a. On the coast at Holy Island, N. J on rocks be- 

 low Tynemouth Castle, and at Hartley, N. At 

 Whitburn and Hartlepool, D. On Spittle Sands. 

 — Thompson's Berwick Plants. 



5. F. bromoides. Barren Fescue-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 142; Eng. Bot. 1411 ; Hook. FL 

 Scot. 39 ; Berwick Flora, 26. 



On walls and in sterile places. 

 6. F. Myurus. Wall Fescue-grass. 



Sm. Eng. FL i. 143; Eng. Bot. 1412 ; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 39. 

 Not common about Newcastle. On St. Anthon's 

 ballast hills, N. On Hebburn and Sunderland 

 ballast hills, D. On dykes about Berwick, frequent. 

 — Dr. G. Johnston. 

 7- F. gigantea. Giant Fescue-grass. 



Sm. Eng. FL i. 144 ; Eng. Hot. 1820 ; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 39 ; Bromus gigantem, Curt. Fasc. v. t. 7- 

 In moist woods and hedges. 



8. F. loliacca. Spiked Fescue-grass. 



Sm. Fl. i. 146; Eng. Bot. 1821 ; Curt. Fasc. vi. 



t. 9 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 40 ; Berwick Flora, 26. 

 In meadows near Team; near Darlington; and in 



Lambton Park, D. By the sides of the Tweed, 



near Berwick. — Dr. G. Johnston. 



9. F. pratcnsis. Meadow Fescue-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 147 ; Eng. Bot. 1592 ; Curt. Fasc. 

 vi. t. 7; Hook. FL Scot. 40. 



A valuable grass, but not very abundant in our mea- 

 dows and pastures. 



10. F. elatlor. Tall Fescue-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 148 ; Eng. Bot. 1593 ; Curt. Fasc. 



vi. t. 8 ; Berwick Flora, 27. 

 In damp woods and moist meadows, N. and D. Near 



Berwick — Dr. G. Johnston. 



11. F. sylvalica. Slender Wood Fescue-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 149 ; Hudson, 1st ed. 38 ; Hook. FL 

 Scot. 40 ; Berwick Flora. 27 ; Bromus sylvaticus, 

 Eng. Bot. 729 ; Fl. Brit.' i. 136. 



In woods and hedges, common. 



42. BROMUS. 



1. B. secalinus. Smooth Rye Brome-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 151 ; Eng. Bot. 1171; With. ii. 



224; Hook. Fl. Scot. 41. 

 In corn fields near Gateshead and Sunderland, D. 



Near Darlington, D. — Mr. Backhouse. Near 



Reedsmouth, N. 



2. B. vclutinus. Downv Rye Brome-grass. 



Sm. Eng. FL i. 152 ;" Hook. Fl. Scot. 41 ; B. mul- 

 tiflorus, Eng. Bot. 1884; With. ii. 225. 



Near Seaton, D. — Mr. Backhouse. In fields at Nor- 

 wood, near Ravensworth, D. 



3. B. mollis. Soft Brome-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 153; Eng. Bot. 1078 ; Curt. Fasc. 



i. t. 8; Hook. Fl. Scot. 41. 

 In fields, common. 



4. B. raccmosus. Smooth Brome-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 154 ; Eng. Bot. 1079 ; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 41 ; With. ii. 226; B. pratcnsis, Eng. Bot. 

 1984, at the bottom. Sm. Comp. 19. B. arvcn- 

 sls, Eng. Bot. 920. 



In fields near Sunderland, Hartlepool, and Darling- 

 ton, D. On St. Anthon's ballast hills, N. 



5. B. arvcnsis. Taper Field Brome-grass. 



Sm. Eng. FL i. 15G; Eng. Bot. 1984 ; Hook. FL 



Scot. 42. B. spiculi-tcnuaia, Knapp. t. 81. 

 At Hartlepool, towards Seaton, D. — Mr. Back- 

 house. 

 C. B. aspcr. Hairy Wood Brome-grass. 



Sm. Eng. FL i. 158 ; Eng. Bot. 1 172 ; Hook. FL 



Scot. 42. B. hlrsuttis, Cuit. Fasc. ii. t. 8. 

 In damp w r oodsand hedges. 

 7. B. sterllis. Barren Brome-grass. 



