APPENDIX. loS'j 



is often obferv'd to happen to the POA alpine 

 and FESTUCA ovina. 

 Upon Maol-ghlas and Bentcjkerny in Breadalhanc, 

 Mr. Stuart. 



POA panicula diffufa, fpiciilis fexfloris llnearibus. 

 ; Sp.pl.gB. (Scheuchz. agroft. f. 191. /. ^, f. 

 I. Moris, bijl. Ox. III. p. 201. fe£J. 8. tab. 6. 

 fig. 25. hon.) 



Great Water Poa, or Water Reed-grafs. Anglis. 



On the fides of rivers,, ponds, and ditches, but 

 not common. In the ditches at the foot of 

 Edinburgh caftle rock. Mr. Talden. %. VII. 

 and VIII. 



It is five or fix feet high, the largeft of the Britijh 

 grafles. The leaves are fmooth, half an inch 

 wide or more. The panicle is eight or ten in- 

 ches long, greatly branch'd, and deck'd with 

 numerous fpiciiLe. 



The JpicnU are of a reddidi-brown color, inter- 

 mix'd with green, of a comprefs'd lanceolate 

 form, imbricated with about fix flowers for the 

 mod part, but varying from five to ten. The 

 peduncles are finooth. 



Cattle are very fond of this grafs, and in deep 

 muddy places will fomctitnes run the rifl^ of 



fuffocation to get at it. 



POA 



