3o8s APPENDIX. 



Mantifs. ima. fag. 31. (Vid. fg. nofi. in front t 

 torn. -1.) 

 . Dwarf Bent Grafs. Anglis. 



Frequent in barren foik, as on the PentJond hills, 

 mix'd with other graffes. We V.wt a'to ob- 

 ferv'd it often in fteril grounds both in Englar.d 

 and PVales. ~i. Vl.-. 



The llalks are fmooth, abcur t'.vn or three inches 

 high, and grow feveral in a rlufic r ^roni the 

 fame rootj each of them furnifho/d with rh'ec or 

 four leaves, furnlar to thoie which pr'( .cd Jrorn 

 the root, having rtriated iheaths, and margins 

 a little inflc(5ted. 



The panicle is branched, the branches franding 

 open, nearly at right angles with the (lalk, and 

 inclining generally to one fide. 



The flowers are numerous, without beards, cf a 

 dull-grey purple color, turning whitifh in tie- 

 cay. 



The feeds are oval and tumid. 



It differs from the A.Jtolonifera, in not being half 

 fo large, and in ftalks growing mere in clufters, 

 without ilioots or runners. 



fafpitofa. AIR A. Vid. fog. <^.\, 



A variery of th;s frequently occurs upon the 

 Highland mountains, about the month of Oc- 

 iober^ wiih a viviparous panicle, fimilar to what 



is 



