li02 97: ■ SSAMINE2E. 



jE. S.402. P. Ef.^St. 4— 5 feet Ugh. Creeping. Pan. 3^4 

 in. long. ,G1. keeled. L. sonietimes variegated with white lines. 

 —By water. P. VI. ' VII. . E. S. I. 



8. Anihoxan'thum Linn. ' Vernal- grass. 



1. A. odordttim (Ij.) ;, pan. spikelike oblong compound, gl. 

 about as long as the awns.^ — U.S. 647. P. 8. — About a foot 

 high. Spike lanc9olate,ideiiae, or ra,ther interrupted below. — 

 There are.twp forms or species : , (1) with purple anth. in mea- 

 dows, (2) with duU yellow antlu in woods. — Very common, in 

 pastures. P.V. VI. i' E.S.I. 



9. iliEEOOHLo'i; 0mel. Holy-grass. 



1. S. boredlzs (R. & S.) ; pan. divaricate, pedicels' glabrous, 

 fl. awnless, 1. flat.— ^. £. S. 2641, P. .31.— About a foot high. 

 Spiielets ovate, brown. — Glen Kella or Gaily, Forfarshire! Mr. 

 \G. Dm. Thurso, Caithness. • Mr: R, Dick. P. Vll, S. 



Tribe IV. Phleine^. 



10. Phle'tm Linn. Cat's-tail-grass. 



[P. as'pei-um (Jacq.); pan. cylindrical, gl. wedgeshaped trun- 

 cate Swelling upwards;' keels TOugh', rudimentary fl. subulate. — 

 -B. £. 1077; St. 26.' 5. P. 79.--St. often branched, le&,fy 

 almost up to the panicle. Lb'^er, pale entire, not awned. — Dry 

 open fields. No locality known. ' 'A. VII.] 15. 



1. P. Boeli'meri (Wibel) ; paa. cylindrical, gl. linear-lanceolatt- 

 obliquely truncate mucronate, keel ciliate above, rudimentary fl . 

 subulate. — E. B. 459.^ P. 80. — St. leafy below, the upper kali' 

 naked, with sterile leafy shoots. Lower pale entire, not awned. 

 — Dry ohalkyflelds, rare. P> VII. E. 



[P. Michelii .{W\.)\ pan. nearly cylindrical <??. lanceolate 

 acumiHote, keel ciliate throughout.^JS'. B. 2265. P. 7. — St. 

 with sterile leafy shoots. — On the rocky parts of the Clova 

 Mountains. Mr. G. Don. P. VII. VIII.] S. 



2. P. areniirium (L.) ; pan. oblonff somewhat narrowed belmv, 

 gl. lanpeolate acuminate, keel ciliate above, rudimentary fl. su- 

 bulate minute.— -E". B. 222. St. 29. 1. P. 7.— St. varying greatly 

 in height. Sheaths inflated. Lower pale notched at the summit, 

 i the length of the glumes. "Stigma very short." — Sandv 

 places chiefly near ihe sea. A. V. Vll. E. S. 1. 



3. P. pratenlse (L.); pan. ci/lindrical, gl. oblong truncate with 

 an awn of less than half their length, keel ciliate above, no 



