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[3. S. glauca (Beauv.) ; pan. spikelike, involucral bristles 

 with ascending teeth, pales transversely rugose. — Weybridge, 

 Surrey. Mr. Borrer. A. IX.] E. 



Tribe II. Chloridem. 



4. Cynodon Rich. 



1. C. Dactyhn (Pers.); spikes 3 — 6 digitate, pales smooth 

 edges and keel slightly ciliate, 1. downy beneath, barren shoots 

 prostrate.— i;. B. 860. P. 72.— Creeping. Flowering st. 4— 6 

 m.high, ending in a cluster of spreading raany-fl, slender spikes. 

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

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

 Devon. Cornwall. P. VIII. E. 



5. S PARTI N A Schreb. 



1. S. stricta (Roth); 1. jointed to their sheaths falling short 

 of the spikes, spikes 2 — 3, rachis scarcely extending beyond the 

 last spikelet, outer gl. hairy.— £. 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.— Muddy salt marshes. P. VIII. E. 



2. S. alterniflora (Loisel.) ; 1. continuous with their sheaths 

 equalling or exceeding the spikes, spikes many, rachis produced 

 beyond the spikelets and flexuose, outer gl. glabrous. — E. B. S. 

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

 not separating from their sheaths more easily than at any other 

 pai-t. Spikes pressed close together. — Mud-flats in the river 

 Itchin at Southampton. P. VIII. E. 



6. Knappia Sm. 



1. K.agrostidea{Sm.).—E.B. 1127. P. 73. Sturmia minima 

 Hoppe in St. 7- 1. Chamagrostis Koch. Mibora verna R. — An 

 elegant but very small grass. Root small, fibrous. St. many. 

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

 shorter than the glumes, hairy, ti-uncate, ragged. Mibora 

 (Adans.) is the oldest name, but I have thought it better to fol- 

 low Smith. — Sandy maritime pastures, rare. A. III. — V. E. 



Tribe III. PJmlaridea. 



7. Phalaris Linn. Canary-grass. 

 *1. P. canariensis (L.) ; pan. ovate spikelike, gl. winged on 



