SCLEEOCHLOA.^— OTNOSUEtrS. 417 



more compoumi, spikeleta about 7-flow6red, lower pale truncate 

 aiad broader, ligule shorter. P. 96 & 97. — Sea-shores and waste 

 sandy places. j3. Leicestershire. P. VI. — Vm. E. S, I. 



** Ghrms 1- (rarely 3-) veined, \ 

 6. S. rig'ida (Link) ; pan. lanceolate rigid distichous, Spike- 

 lets linear acute of 7 — 10 fl., lower pale blunt with a mucro, 

 upper gL reaching to the base of the third ii., root fibrous. — 

 Olycena Sm., B. 5. 1371. P. 43.— St. slender, wiry, erect. L. 

 nearly fl9,t, acute. Pan. 1 — 2 in. long, nearly simple. Lower 

 pale faintly veined. FL small.. — Dry places. A. VI. E.S.I. 

 (3. 8. loUdcea (Woods) ; pan. racemose narrow rigid secund, 

 spikelets oblong of 8 — 12 fl.^lowerpale blunt with a mucro, upper 

 gl. reaching to the base of the fourth fl., root fibrous. — Triiicum 

 Sm., E. B. 221. P. 43. — St. stout, slightly curved, ascending. 

 L. flat, convolute when dry. Spikelets usually solitary, alter- 

 nate, all directed to one side ^, fqotstalks very short and stout. 

 Lower pale with well-marked marginal veins. — Sandy sea-coasts. 

 A. VLVIL E. S.L 



38. 'BmzA Linn. Quaking-grass. 



1. B. minor (L.) ; spikfelfets triangular of about 7 fl., gl. ex- 

 ceeding the lowest fl., pan.' diiFuse, ligule long lanceolate acute. 

 —.E. B. 1310. P. 101.— St. very slender, about 1 foot high. 

 Spikelets palegreeu. Lower pale roundish-cordate, cartilaginous, 

 very gibbous in the middle of the back. — Dry and sandy fields 

 in the South-west.- A. VIL E. 



2. B. wAdia (L,) ; spikelets broadly ovate of .about 5 fl., gl. 

 falling short of the lowest fl., pan. diffiise, ligule truncate verv 

 "short.— ^. B. 340. P. 30.— St. slender, erect, 1— 1| foot high. 

 Panicle light and elegant, with slender branches. Spikelets 

 usually purplish. ' L. Jinear-aouminate. Lower pale roundish 

 oval, cartilaginous, not gibbous. — Pastures. P. VI. E. S. I. 



, 39. Caiabro'sa Pal. de Beauv. 



1. C. amiat'ica (Preal) ; pan. long7pyramidal with half-whorls 

 of patent branches, lower pale 3-ribbed, 1, broad linear blunt. — 

 E. B. 1557. P. 20. Glyceria aquatica PresL — Creeping. St. 

 long, procumbent or 'flodting below. L. flat. Pari.-branches in 

 alternate threes or fives. Spikelets usually 2- (or 3 — 5-) 

 flowered. GL veiy thin, often purplish. Fl. distant^jS. ?nmor ; 

 st. 2 — -Sin. high, spikelets mostly 1 -flowered. — Ponds and ditches. 

 ^. Wet sea-sands. ^ P. VL VII. E. S. I. 



40. Cynostj'etts f,inn. I)og's-tail-grass. 



1. C. cristdtus (L.) : raceme spikelike linear, fl. with a very 

 ehort &wa.—E. B. 316. P. 28. ^St, 12—18 in. h%h. Spike 



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