Mr. Winch's Flora of Northumberland, 8$c. 



On the sea-coast of N. and D., frequent. On the 

 links at Holy Island, N. 



25. ALOPECURUS. 



1. A. pratevsis. Meadow Fox-tail- grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 70 ; Eng. Bot. 759 ; Curt. Fasc. 



v. t. 5 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 21 ; Berwick Flora, 19. 

 One of the best and most abundant of the meadow 



grasses. 



2. A. agrestis. Slender Fox-tail-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 80 ; Eng. Bot. 848 ; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 22. 



In cultivated fields, chiefly in the Magnesian Lime- 

 stone district. 



3. A. bulbosus. Bulbous Fox-tail-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 81 ; Eng. Bot. 1249 ; With. ii. 



175; Hook. Br. Fl. 28. 

 Near Seaton and Hartlepool, D. — Mr. Backhouse. 



4. A. geniculates. Floating Fox-tail-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 82 ; Curt. Fasc. v. t. 6 ; Eng. 



Bot. 1250; Berwick Flora, 19 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 



22. 

 By ditches, ponds, &c. 



26. POLYPOGON. 



1. P. monspeliensis. Annual Beard-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl i. 85 ; Agroslis panicea, Eng. Bot. 



1704; Ahpecurus monspeliensis, With. ii. 177. 

 On Sunderland ballast hills, D.—W. Weighell's Herb. 



27- MILIUM. 



1. M. effnsum. Millet-grass. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 87; Eng. Bot. HOG; Curt. Fasc. 



iv. t. 12 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 24. 

 In shady woods, common. 



28. AGROSTIS. 



1. A. Spica-vcnti. Silkv Bent-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 89 ; Eng. Bot. 951 ; With. ii. 180. 



On the Windmill Hills, near Gateshead ; and close to 

 Beamish mill, D. In Heaton Dene, near Rennold- 

 son's mill; aUo by the road side near St. Anihon's, 

 and North Shields, N. Introduced among corn. 



This grass is not mentioned in Hooker's Flora Scolica. 



2. A. canina. Brown Bent-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 90; Eng. Bot. 1850; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 24. /3 Hudson 30; A. tcnuifolia, Curtis 

 Br. Gr. 42. 



On the heath at I'restwick Carr, N. On Gateshead 

 Fell, and in Waskerly Tark, D. At Birch Barr, 

 near Darlington. — Mr. Backhouse. 



In autumn this grass puts out long shoots, which take 

 root at every joint. In this state it is Agroslis fusel- 

 cularis of Curtis and Davy's Agricultural Chemis- 

 try, 2d Ed. p. lb'2. In common with other stolo- 

 niferous grasses it produces but few seeds. 



3. A. vulgaris. Common Bent-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 91 ; Eng. Bot. 1071. Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 25 ; Berwick Flora, 19. 

 /3 Fl. Brit. i. 80. 

 y Fl. Brit. i. 80, A. pumila, WilUl. Sp. PI. i. 371 ; 



Lightfoot, 1081. 

 £ Fl. Brit. i. 80. 

 a In fields, frequent. /3 and ^in fields, &c. lesscom- 



mon. y in Xeesdale Forest, and alpine pastures 



VOL. II. ( 



near Knitsley and Hamsterley, D. Probably a dis- 

 tinct species. 

 4. A. alba. Marsh Bent-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 93; Eng. Bot. 1189 ; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 25 ; Berwick Flora, 20. fi A. stolonifera, 

 Linn. Sp. PI. i. 93; Eng. Bot. 1532; Fl. 

 Brit. 80 ; Florin Grass of Dr. Richardson. 

 y A. sylvatka, Hudson, 1st Ed. 28 ; Willd. 

 Sp. PI. i. 371. 

 cc In wet meadows, fi by the Tyne, Wear, and Tees. 



y in woods, but not common. 

 When growing in salt marshes, but especially by 

 springs close to the sea, as at the foot of Tynemouth 

 Castle rock, this grass attains a remarkable size, and in 

 that state it used to be considered a distinct species, 

 and described under the name ofAg?vstis stolonifera. 



29. DIGITARIA. 

 I. D. sanguinalis. Cock's-foot Finger-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 96. Panicum savgninale, Eng. Bot. 

 489 ; Curt. Fasc. iv. t. 7 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 21 ; 

 With. ii. 169. 

 On Sunderland ballast hills, D.-W. Weighell's Herb. 



30. PANICUM. 



1. P. verthcillatum. Rough Panick-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 98 ; Eng. Bot. 874 ; Curt. Fasc. 



iv. t. 6 ; With. ii. 1 08. 

 On Sunderland ballast hills, D.-W. Weighell's Herb. 



2. P. viride. Green Panick-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 99 ; Eng. Bot. 875 ; Curt. Fasc. 



iv. t. 5 ; With. ii. 168. 

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



31. AIRA. 



1. A. cristata. Crested Hair-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 101 ; Eng. "Bot. 648; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 29 ; Berwick Flora, 20 ; Poa cristata, 

 With. ii. 205. 



In Castle Eden Dene ; in Limestone pastures near 

 Sunderland; at Baydales, near Darlington; and 

 near Eglestone, D, Near the Spanish Battery, at 

 Tynemouth, and on the Links at Dunstanborough, 

 Bamborough, and Holy Island, N. Near Berwick, 

 not uncommon. — Dr. G.Johnston. 



2. A. aquatica. Water Hair-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 101; Eng. Bot. 1557; Berwick- 

 Flora, 20 ; Curt. Fasc. i. t. 5 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 

 29. 



By ditches, pools, and rivers. 



3. A. ctfspitosa. Turfy Hair-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 102; Eng. Bot. 1453; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 29 ; Berwick Flora, 20. 

 In woodsaud on the borders of fields, abundant. 



4. A. a/pi/ia. Smooth Alpine Hair-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 103; Hook. Fl. Scot. 29; A 



laevigata, Eng. Bot. 2102. 

 On the banks of Wear above Low Pallion, D. The 



viviparous variety. — Mr. Wilkinson, Sp. 



5. A.Jlcxuosa. Wavy Mountain Hair-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 104; Eng Bot. 1519; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 30 ; Berwick Flora, 21. 

 On moors and hilly pastures. 



6. A. prozcox. Earlv Hair-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 105 ; Eng. Bot. 1296 ; Curt. Fasc. 



