ARUNDO. 301 



field and wood-stream shows a large number of settle- 

 ments of the conspicuous-looking plant in question. 

 It is equally common throughout Europe and in North 

 Africa, New Holland, British America, and the United 

 States. 



The flowers are perfected in July, the seeds in Sep- 

 tember. Mff- Lees, of Worcester, records a variety of 

 Arundo Phragmites, gathered by him in Longdon Marsh, 

 with leaves striped in white and green, like the Ribbon- 

 grass. 



