404 97. GRAMINE^. 



ties at the base, lowermost about in fives. Lower pale with 3 

 teeth at the end. Anth. about 3 times as long as broad, cream- 

 coloured, fuscous when empty. — /3. G. pedicellata (Towns.); 

 pan. -branches simple roughish, spikelets of 9 — 12 bhmt florets. 

 L. more acute, simply folded when young. Lowermost pan.- 

 branches about in threes. Anth. about 4 times as long as broad, 

 yellow when voung. A. N. H. ser. 2. v. 105. — Stagnant water 

 and wet places. P. VL— VIIL 



37. ScLEROCHLOA Pal. de Beauv. 



* Glumes with 3 veins. 



1. S . maritima (UmAX.) ; pan. branched, lowermost branches 

 in pairs or simple, branches ultimately erect, spikelets linear ad- 

 pressed 4 — 3-flowered, rachis terete, lower pale obtuse apicalate, 

 midrib reaching the tip, stoloniferous. — Glyceria Sm., E. B.1140. 

 P. 42. — Root fibrous with rooting or ascending stoles. L. in- 

 volute ; the central ridge on their upper surface strongly marked, 

 the others faint. Afith. about 6 times as long as broad. Lower 

 pale with involute edges. Ligule bluntish. — /3. hispida (Parn.) ; 

 St. compressed, rachis furrowed on one side and as well as the 

 pan.-branches rough. P. 99. — Sea-coast, in damp places. P. 

 VL VIL 



2. 5. distans (Bab.); pan. branched, branches long ulti- 

 mately spreading or defiexed lowermost in fours or fives, spike- 

 lets linear 3 — 6-flowered, rachis semiterete rather flat on one side, 

 lo^er pale obtuse, midrib not reaching to the tip, root fibrous. 

 — Glyceria Sm., E. B. 98f). P. 41. — Without rooting stoles. 

 St. decumbent below. L. flat, short, with 8 — 10 equally pro- 

 minent ridges upon their upper surface. Ligule short and trun- 

 cate. Edges of lower pale not involute. Spikelets and fl. half 

 the size of those of the preceding. — (3. obtusa (Parn.) ; pan. 

 more compound, spikelets about 7-flowered, lower pale truncate 

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

 sandy places. /3. Leicestershire. P. VL — VIIL 



3. S. Borreri (Bab.) ; pan. branched, branches ultimately 

 erect-patent lowermost generally in fours, spikelets linear 4 — 7- 

 fl., rachis terete, tower pale with a rigid opiculus formed by the 

 tip of the dorsal vein, casspitose. — Glyceria E.B. S. 2797 (1837). 

 P. 98. G. conferta Fries (1839).— St. 6—12 in. high. L. short, 

 flat, with very long sheaths. Ligule short, truncate. Edges 

 of the lower pale not involute. Spikelets and fl. half the size 

 of those of S. maritima and S. procumbens. Pan.-branches 

 short, scarcely elongated after flowering, hispid. — Muddy salt 

 marshes. A. ? VL— VIIL E. 



