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SESLEEIA C^RULEA. 



SCOPOII. HOOKEE AND AeNOTT. PaENELL. 



Eocii. Smith. Eeichenbach. Witheeing. Lindlet. Knapp. Host. 



SCHEADBE. ObDEE. AeDUINO. HuLL. 

 PLATE XXX. A. 



Cynosurus emruleus, LiNNiEus. Wilidenow. Hudson. 



" " Maettn. Ehehaet. Dickson. 



" " Jacqttin. Wulfen. 



The Blue Moor-Grass. 



Sesleria — Named after tlie Italian botanist Sesler. Coerulea — Blue. 



Sesleeia, lAnnceus. — TKe genus Sesleria is named after another botanist, 

 Leonard Sesler, an Italian Physician. Panicle spiked. There is only one 

 British representative, the Sesleria ccsrulea, which is confined to the north. 



A MOST beautiful Grass, yet of no agricultural merits. 



Found in the counties of Durham, Westmorland, Cumberland, 

 and Yorkshire, growing on the high hills. More abundant on 

 the Scotch mountains, especially on Ben Lomond, (three thou- 

 sand feet above the sea.) In Ireland it has been found, al- 

 though rare, in the county of Sligo. Its favourite habitats are 

 limestone rocks. 



Native of France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, and Iceland. 



Stem upright, circular, smooth, slender, pale green, carrying 

 three very brief leaves, with smooth sheaths, the upper one 

 eight times the length of its leaf, and having a short membra- 

 nous ligule. Joints hid. Boot leaves linear, narrow, lengthy. 



