Arrhenatherum.'] gramine^e. 345 



and Little Island, but has not come under the notice of Mr. 

 Carroll. In Mr. J. Drummond's list A.pratensis only is given, 

 and not A. pithescens, ■which latter is common in Cork. A. 

 pratensis is also recorded to have been found near Dublin by 

 the late Mr. Underwood (White); but "only in suspicious 

 stations ; " Ir. Flor., and has not been observed of late years. 

 The specimen from New Lodge road, preserved under the 

 anme of " A.pratensis," at Belfast, proves to be Arrhenatherum 

 avenaceum ; and Dr. Dickie thinks that the locality of " coast 

 near Culdaff, Donegal" (Fhr. Ukt.) had better be considered 

 uncertain for the present. 



ARRHENATHERUM Beauv. 

 1. A. avenaceum (Beauv.) — Tall Oaf-Grass. 

 Avena elatior (Linn.) 



Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout? Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Fields, banks, hedges ; common. FL June, July. • 

 Often a troublesome weed in cultivated land. 



TRIODIA E. Br. 

 1. T. deciimbens (Beauv.) — Heath-Grass. 

 Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Heaths, moors, mountains ; frequent. Fl. July. 

 From sea-level to 1500 feet on Sawel. 



KCELERIA Pers. 

 1. K. cristata (Pers.) — Crested Hair-Grass. 

 Districts -2-456-89- 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56o. From South to North of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Dry pastures, banks, and rocky places; not unfrequent. 

 Fl. June, July. 



Chiefly on calcareous and basaltic ground, and on sand-hills 

 and banks near the coast. 



From sea-level to 1000 feet in Deny. 



