Lolium.] GBAMINE^. 361 



Salt marshes and waste ground near the sea; frequent. 

 Fl. July, August. 



Rather local, but appears to be widely distributed wherever 

 there are suitable localities, and is probably often overlooked. 



LOLIUM Linn. 

 1. Ii. pereuae (Linn.) — Bye- Grass.. 

 Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Pastures, way-sides, banks, &c. ; frequent, Fl. June, July. 

 [Zr. iicdicum (A. Braun.), Italian Bye-Grass, is occasionally 

 seen in fields and waste places, but only as an escape from, 

 or remains of, cultivation.] 



2. t L. temuLentum (Linn.) — Darnel. 

 Districts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7--- 11 12 

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

 Type in Great Britain, British, inclining to English. 



In cultivated fields among com; locally abundant. Fl. 

 June to August. 



The variety L. arvense (With.) is not unfrequent. 



[L. Linicola (Sond.) has occurred as an introduced weed 

 among flax, having been collected by D. M. in the counties 

 of Derry and Down ; and possibly the " L. arvense " found by 

 Mr. Drummond in fields of flax near Cork was L. Linicola.^ 



Obs. — " Fanicum sanguinale " recorded by Wade {Platitm 

 Bar., p. 9) as found sparingly in the sand-hiUs of Dough, 

 Clare, which is also the station for Matihiola sinuata and Viola 

 " luteot," may possibly prove to be Cynodon Dactylon, which 

 would be a highly interesting addition to the Irish Flora. 



\Echinochloa (Fanicum) Grus-galU was found by Mr. J. 

 Morrison in 1847 growing on a newly made ditch-bank, near 

 Camolin, Wexford, where it was accompanied by Melilotus 

 vulgaris (WiUd.) Both plants have since disappeared, and 

 we have no doubt that their seeds had been accidentally 

 introduced.] 



