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TRIODIA DECUMBENS. 



Beatjvois. Hookeb and Aenott. Paenell. Koch. 



LiNBLBT. BaBINGTON. E-BIOHENBACH. DeAKIN. SlNCIiAIE. 



Smith. Ealfs. 

 plate xli. — a. ' 



Foa decumhens, J. E. Smith. Hull. Witheeino. 



" " G-eeville. Hookee. Knapp. 



" " Scheadee. Host. 



Festuca decumhens, Jji^sxvs. Willdbno'w. Hitdson. 



" " Oedee. Leees. Ehehaet. 



" " Dickson. Eelhan. Abbott. 



Danthonia decumhens, De Candolle. Kunth. Macebioht. 



Melica decumhens, Wbbee. 



The Decumbent Heath Grass. 



Triodia — Three teeth. Decumhens — Decumbent. 



Teiodia. Brown. — Known as the Heath Grass. Only a solitary British 

 example, the Triodia decumhens, which is common on our moors and 

 mountains. The name is derived from the Greek. 



A COMMON species, growing both on wet land and dry 

 mountains, to an elevation of one thousand feet. Of but little 

 agricultural interest. 



Found in Scotland, England, Ireland, France, Italy, Swit- 

 zerland, Turkey, Greece, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Prussia, 

 Norway, and Sweden. ' 



Stem circular, smooth, and striated, having three or four 

 narrow linear leaves, with slightly hirsute sheaths, upper one 



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