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BRIZA MEDIi. 



LlNN33US. HOOKEE AND AeNOTT. J. E. SmITH. PaENELL. KoCH. 



KtTNTH. Maceeight. Hudson. WiTHEEiNa. Kelhan. Sibthoep. 



Dickson. Lindley. Gebvillb. Babinoton. Reichenbach. Deakin. 



SiNCLAiE. Willdenow. Maetyn. Knapp. Scheadee. Host. 



Leeds. Oedee. Bales. 



PLATE XLII. 



The Common Quaking Grass. 



Briza — To droop. Media — Ordinary. 



Bbiza. lAnncsus. — The QuaMng Grrass. There are two British species, 

 one of which is abundant and the other rare. Name derived from the 

 Greek. 



An exceedingly pretty Grass, very useful for decorative 

 purposes, yet not a valuable agricultural Grass, owing to its 

 not flourishing except in impoverished poor soil. 



Common in poor land throughout England, Scotland, and 

 Ireland. Found in France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, 

 Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Turkey, Greece, Norway, Sweden, 

 and the United States. 



It is found growing at an elevation of one thousand five 

 hundred feet. 



Stem upright, circular, smooth, and slender, bearing four 

 flat acute leaves, with smooth striated sheaths, upper one ex- 

 tending considerably beyond its leaf, and having a short obtuse 

 ligule at its summit. Joints smooth. Inflorescence simple or 

 compound-panicled. Panicle broad, upright, and triangular. 

 Branches exceedingly slender, spreading, and smooth; arranged 



