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prostrate. — K B. 850. P. 72. — Creeping. Flowering st. 4 — 6 

 in. Mgh, fending iu a, cliister of spreading many-ii. slender spikes. 

 Spikelets purplish. L. on the long branched barren shoots flat, 

 spreading ; on the others usually folded. — Sandy shores. Dorset. 

 Devon. Oornwall. P. VIII. - E. 



5. Spaeii'na Schreb. 



1. iS. stridta (Roth) ; 1. jointed to their sheaths falling short 

 of the spikes, spikes 2^i, rachis scarcely extending beyond the 

 last spikelet, outer gl. hairy.— jB. B. 380.— St. 1—2 feet high. 

 L. narrowing to the base where they easily separate from their 

 sheaths. Spikes pressed close together. A remarkably rigid 

 plant. — Muadysalt marshes. P. Vni. E. 



t2. S. alterni/ldra (Loisel.) ; 1. continuous with their Sheaths 

 equalling or exceeding the spikes, spikes many, rachis produced 

 beyond the spikelets and tiexuose, outer gl. glabrous. — H. B. S. 

 2812.— P. 75.— St, 2—3 feet high. L. broadest at the base and 

 not separating from their sheaths more easUy than at any other 

 part. Spikes pressed close together. — ^Mud-flats in the river 

 Itchin at Southampton. P. VIII. E. 



6. Mibo'ba Adans. 



1. M. min'ima (Desv.).— Knappia >Sm. K B. 1127. P 73. 

 Stvirmia Hoppe in St. 7. 1. -Chamagrostis Borkh. — An ele- 



fant but very small grass. Root smaU, iibrous. St. many. 

 1. short, rough. Spikes slender ; spikelets 5 — 10, sessile. Pale 

 shorter than the glumes, hairy, truncate, ragged. — Sandy mari- 

 time pastures, rare. A. III. — V. ^ E. 



Tribe III. Phaldrideee. 



7. Phal'aeis Linn. Reed-grass. 



[P. canarien'sis (L.) ; pan. ovate spikelike, ffl. winged oh the 

 heel, wing entire, rudimentary fl. 2 half as, long as the fertile fl., 

 pales pilose.— J?. B. 1310. P. 9.— St. 1—2 feet high, ending in 

 a compact compound panicle. Gl. large, pale yellow variegated 

 with green lines and remarkably winged at the back. — Scarcely 

 naturalized. A. VII. Canary-grass.'] 



[P. paradox' a (L.) ; pan. spikelike, gl. of fertile fl. with a 

 blunt toothed wiiig on the keel many-veined, rudhnentary fl. 

 several much shorter. — St. decumbent below, then ascending, 

 1 — 3 ft. high, branched. Lower part of pan. usually barren ; 

 branches with about 6 spikes. — Swanage, Dorset. A. VII.] B. 



1. P. arundindcea (L.) ; pan. upright with spreading branches, 

 fl. clustered, gl. not winged rudimentary fl. 1 or 2 small hairs'. — 



