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sco situs est in mari, unde conjicias marino adflatu delectari 
¢ gramen 
ft Spartum vulgaré Oceanicum pungens [Ammophila arundinacea] 
similem habet spicam et similes locustas in eodem pediculo plures, 
nisi quod folliculus simplex sit, et ad basin asposus, quo non 
obstante ob reliquam aang mene et totum habitum 
Spares speciem judico hoc gram A J. Scheuchzero Agr. p. 169, 
n. 4, describi existimo titulo Gre amini valesiant tenuifolii, paniculd 
mlery viridi-argented splendente. Specimen quod in Phytoph. suo 
servat D. Sherard, simile est nostro, spica et culmo, sed majus, @ 
radice destitutum ; ; cujus etiam descriptionem amisit Scheuchzer 
quia ipse nascens non vidit rok a fratre habuit. Olim paniculano 
tribui huic gramini ut communi sparto. Angustifolium. medius 
dixisset Sch. quam ints icin nec splendens adeo est locusta 
(externa precipue), ut nivea denominationem mereat. Lanugo 
os quam tribuit Sch. vix conspicua nudis i arnig 
A reference to Dillenius’s diary of his journey i in 
1726 shows that the plant was found on Uphill On: dnigs ee of that 
year ; see also Richardson’s Correspondence, 2 
he specimen which I sent to Prof. Hacke ‘ was protigdunced 
by him to be Keleria valesiaca, My identification ee = made 
until October last year; but late as it was in the n, I went 
down on Oct. 16 to the Uphill habitat, and within a Gare of an 
hour I succeeded in finding some flowerless specimens growing 
the turf to the south of the church, and eventually saw it in plenty 
is place the de 
plant, and put its identification beyond dispute. It is a distinctl 
xerophilous species, and its handsome Foliage with the thrift-like 
which it creeps, and its rootstock may seen an inch or two 
beyond the soil, protected by the curious Sieanyaciialan bundles of 
the decayed leaves, which persist for long periods. Here it was 
associated with the other plant mentioned ‘by Dillenius, namely, 
Apinella glauca, which is still abundant. The Keleria ‘not onl 
c estone 
* [There is in the National Herbarium a specimen from Brean Down sent 
to Shuttleworth by Sir J. D. Hooker in 1837 5 to this Dr. Domin, who has 
“ Koel. Vallesiana 
(All.), forma culmo pubescenti ad var. alpicolam spectans.”—Ep. Journ. Bor.] 
