AGEOSTIS.— BOLTPQQON. 407 



iribof lower glume rough in its upper half, slightly excurrent. 

 Uppeavjpal© very ' Mnutei, aj tuft of 'hairs sit its base. — Dry heaths 

 iii:theSouth-westr P. VII. i. ■'- ' E.' 



'2. A. canina (L.) ; pan. spreading when in flower otherwise 

 close, branches jarid pedicefe rough, gL^unequatl acute, lower 

 pale jagged, at the top 4-rij3bpd, l£i|eed, and twisted siwn frpm 

 below the jqiiddle of aud exceeding- the pale, lower \. setaceous 

 tufted, sterii-1.' ii^rrow, sheaths smooiA, lig;ulp oblong acute. — ' 

 E. E. 1856. 'P. lo.~Trailing-leajfy shoots. St^ecumbent be- 

 low, then erect. '' L. narro-vF; radical^ liyolute. . Pan, -branches 

 long, blender. " Fl.' green or purplish. Lower gl. not j'agged at 

 the top ; midrib rough from rather ■ belbw th^' middle. Upper 

 pale 0, or very minute. Awn sometimes very short or rarely 

 absent.— Peat> heaths. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



,." ' "' ■ ' '^■'^'' '! 

 3. A. vulgaris (With.); pan. spreading during and after 



flowering, gl. nearly equal, lower.'tootbedioii the upper part of 



the keel, ligvle short truncate.^— -E. S. 1671. P. 12 &, 13.— St. 



long, ascending or deolimbent below and rooting at the knots, 



sometimes with long prostrate stoles. ■ Sheaths mostly smooth. 



Pfedidels toothed. Fl. rarely awned.' — /3.. A. pumib' (Lightf ) ; 



csespitose, st. 2 — 3 in. high, fl. often awned usually infesteid with 



smut. — Bather dry places. P. VII. ■'' ' "" E. S. 1. 



.: 4. A. al'ba (L.) ; pan. compact after flowering, glumes nearly; 

 equal, lower toothed throughout its keel, liguJe lone/, acute. — 

 E. B. 1189. 'P; 13 & 14.'-^St. procumbent and rooting beldv^, 

 then erect, often with long prostrate stoles. ' Sheaths roughislj.' 

 Pan; spreading with- flowet4; afterwards close.' Pedicels veiry, 

 milch toothed. Florets rarely awned. — ^. subrepens; St. pro-' 

 ciuhbent, rooting at the knots, rianicle " lobfed. E. S. 1.532. — ' 

 Fields &c. j3. Sea-sands. P: VII. Fiqrin-gra^s. E. S. 1. 



22. Lagu'eus Z?)OT. ;Hare's-tail-gra3S. , ., ., ;„. 



[i. OTtt'te (L.).— -E. A 1334. P. 88.— St. 4— 12 in. high. L. 

 broad, lanceolate. Spikes ovate, soft, with long protruded awns. 

 — Sandy places in' Guei-nsey. A. VI. Vll.] 



;. 23. PoLYPo'eou i)««/. :,■-,: i 



1. P. monspeHen'sis (Desf.), ; awns mOre than twice|as long as, 

 the bhihtly and shortly lobed glumes.— £ P. 1704.;' P. 11.—' 

 Root fibrous. St.i a foot or more high. Pan. dense, lobed, pale, 

 silky, often 2 inV'long. Gl. linear, hairy. A most beautif|il 

 grass.- Salt luElrshes.— A. Vi Ml. , , E.' S, 



,;2. p. littoralis (8m.) ; awns aa'lo'ig as the acute gltames."^ 



