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Tribe VI. Nardea. 



13. Nardus Linn. Mat-grass. 



1. N. striata {L.).—E. B. 290. P. 2.— Tufted. St. and 1. 

 erect, slender, rigid. Height 5 — 8 in. Spike close, slender. 

 Lower pale with a short rough awn, coriaceous, often purphsh ; 

 upper membranous.— Moors and heaths. P. VII. 



Suborder II. Euryanthea. Tribe VII. Oryzece. 



14. Leersia Soland. 



1. L. oryzoides (Sw.) ; pan. patent with wavy branches, 

 spikelets 3-androus half-oval, keel ciliate. — E. B. S. 2908. — 

 Creeping. St. 1 — 2 ft. high. L. broad, rough-edged ; upper- 

 most horizontal at the flowering season. Pan. rarely, if ever, 

 protruded in this country, mostly inclosed in the sheath of 

 the uppermost leaf. — Marsh-ditches in Sussex, Surrey and 

 Hampshire. P. VIII. IX. E. 



Tribe VIII. Stipacem. 



15. Stipa Zw». Feather-grass. 



[1. S.pennata (L.) ; avi'n very long twisted feathery its base 

 glabrous. — E. B. 1356. — A beautiful plant with remarkably long 

 awns, common in gardens. — Long Sleadale, Westm. Dillenius. 

 P. VI.] E. 



16. MiLitTM Linn. Millet-grass. 



1. M. effusum (L.) ; pan. diifnse, pales acute, St. smooth, 1. 

 lanceolate-linear. — E. B. 1106. P. 17. — Stoloniferous. St. 

 S — 4 feet high. Branches of the panicle long, in distant 

 alternate tufts, in flower horizontal, afterwards deflexed. — 

 Damp shady woods. P. VI. 



Tribe IX. Agrostidem. 



17. Phragmites Trin. Reed. 



1. P. communis (Trin.) ; pan. diffuse, spikelets 3 — 5-flowered, 

 fl. exceeding the glumes. — Arundo Sm., E. B. 401. P. 29. — 

 St. 5 — 6 feet high, erect. Pan. large, purplish. L. flat, broad. 



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