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The plant octiTirHiii liiT'go patches of a bright yellowish 

 green colour. This brilliant tint contrasts strongly 

 with the bi'ownish hue of the turf around, and 

 renders the spots conspionous at a long distance. 



TRITICUM, Linn. 



936. T. caninum, Muds. 



Native ; in thickets and woods, rather rare. 



Gr. Sparingly in thickets on Clifton Down. Combo 

 Dingle. Henbiuy. Bitton. Stapleton. Alveston; 

 Herb. Powell. 



S. Brislington. King's Wood, near Yatton. Portis- 

 head. Woods at Walton- in-Gordano. WookeyHolo 

 and Ebbor Rocks ; Mr. J. G. Halccr. Frequent near 

 Frome ; Dr. Farsonn. VII. 



937. T. repens, L. Gouch Orass. 



Native; in cultivated ground and waste places. Com- 

 mon and generally distributed. 



The awnod variety, ^ harhatum, has beenremai'ked on 

 ditch-banks at Pot'tbury, at Congresbury, and else- 

 where. . VI.-— VIII. 



938. T. pungens, Pors. 



Naijivo ; on tlus ha,nlcs of tidal rivers, and in muddy 

 waste places near the Channel. Locally common. 

 Thc! forms UUorale and ■pycnantluim, aro well repre- 

 sented by thc Avon estuary below Bristol. 



VII. VIII. 

 929. T. acutum, B. G. T. laxum, Fries. 



Nativ(! ; specimens gathered by Miss Atwood on the 



banks of the river Av(m were authenticated by 



Mr. Baker. Swota, Fl. 94. Wo cannot find it; 



but thc plant is so gonerally distributed in mari- 



