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TWO GRASSES NEW TO THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. 
By C. R. P. Anprews, M.A. 
(Prate 406.) 
Two grasses have been found in Alderney and Guernsey during 
the last year, of which one has not previously been recorded within 
the limits of the British Flora, while the other has only been nbd 
once or twice as an undoubted introduction. Ju udging from the 
localities in which they grew, and from a comparison of their 
continental distribution, there is little doubt that they may both be 
considered as native plants. 
The obvious objection which meets this statement at the outset 
is that numbers of the best British botanists have visited these 
islands since Babington’s Primitie Flore Sarnice in 1839 called 
One of the two, pBar oh ‘is minor Retz, so closely resembles Phalaris 
canariensis L. that it has been passed over without interest as a 
casual. The probability of this is increased by oe cr that 
flower. The oad which flower with it ual or rigs 
profusion in the more easily accessible anes and the lower 
parts of the cliffs are seldom disturbed by botanists in the spring. 
The grass, as I saw it, is only 1-4 in. in height, and its small 
purplish panicle amo t thick growt the surrounding 
plants might well be riage: especially as the smali purplish 
spike of Mibora verna ig by no means uncommon in the same 
Puauaris minor Retz. Obs. Bot. iii. 8 (1788). 
Syn. E aguaterae W. Sp. i 236 ee) et auct. plur. (non L.). 
a 798). 
P. decumbens Moench, Aihas 08 (1794). 
Annual. Root fibrous. Stems several, often branched near the 
base, erect or ascending, 1-2 ft, in height, furrowed but smooth. 
Leaves flat, acu minate, about 4 in. broad at ie pees nae 
longer than its leaf. Ligule long, obtuse, alia 
Panicle spike-like, ovoid or cylindric-oblong, 1-1} in. long. 
Spikelets much compressed laterally. Two outer glumes ~ m 
Journat or Borany.—Vou, 38. [Fxs. 1900.] ne 
