22 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. Glyc^ria. 



nicle close, erect, compound. Flowers upright, cylin- 

 drical. E. B. 750. C. 5. 11. 



Moist heaths. 

 Per. August. 

 Root with a sort of bulb at the base. Panicle of a violet hue, 



many flowered. Straw with one knot, close to the root. 



Fishermen in the isle of Sht/e make ropes for their nets of this : 

 it bears the water well, without rotting. In shady situations, pani- 

 cle pale, brownish, or whitish. Stems are said to be used for 

 brooms, or even baskets, where better materials are rare. Sm. 



GLYCE'RIA' . Sweet-grass. 



G. aqudtica. Reed?/ Sw. Panicle erect, repeatedly 

 branched, spreading. Florets numerous, blunt, with 

 seven ribs. Nectary cloven, acute. Poa aquatica E. 

 B. 1315. C. 5. 12. Gramen aquaticum majus. G. 

 E. 6. 



Banks of rivers. 



Per. August. 



Smooth, four feet high. Ls. sword-shaped, broad, flat. Stip. 



short, blunt. 



The most gigantic of all our meadow grasses, often six feet high. 

 A coarse grass, acceptable to cattle, making a great part of the hay 

 in marshy lands. It is sometimes viviparous, but sparingly. Use- 

 fully sown on the banks of rivers, or brooks. With. The chry- 

 salis of the beautiful Phal, festucce, gold-spot moth, sometimes 

 found attached to its leaves. E. B. 



G. Jiuitans, Floating Sw. Panicle oblong, branched, 

 nearly erect. Spikelets close- pressed. Florets nume- 

 rous, blunt, seven-ribbed, with short intermediate ribs 

 at the base. Nectary blunt, swollen. Poa fluitans. E. 

 B. 1520. Festuca fluitans. Sb. 45. C. 1. 7. Gra- 

 men fluviatile. G. E. 14. 

 fVet meadows, ditches, hanks of rivers. 

 Per. June. 



Root creeping. Ls. flat, broad, blunt. Stip. short, pointed, 

 often torn. Seeds small, sweet, nourishing. Collected in Germany 

 and Poland, by name of Manna seeds; esteemed a delicacy in 

 soups. When ground to meal, make bread little inferior to that of 

 wheat. The seeds collected for food, of which a more ample 

 account in the Fl. Lond. They are said to be very sweet, espe- 

 cially before they arrive at maturity ; whence the name of Manna 



' Essent. Char. The little scale (nectary, Linn.) at the base of the germen, 

 <"'£ one, fleshy piece, and the stigmas much divided. 



