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L. narrowing to the base where they easily separate from their 

 sheaths. Spikes pressed close together. A remarkahly rigid 

 plant. — Muddy salt marshes. P.VIII. E. 



X2. S. alternifl6ra (Loisel.) ; 1. continuous with their sheaths 

 equalling or exceeding the spikes, spikes many, rachis produced 

 beyond the spikelets and iiexuose, outer gl. glahrous. — E. B. S. 

 2812. P. 76.— St. 2—3 feet high. L. broadest at the base and 

 not separating from the sheaths more easily than at any other 

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

 Itchin at Southampton. P. VIII. E. 



6. Mibo'ka Adans} 



1. M. min'ima (Desv.).— Knappia Sm. E. B. 1127. P. 73. 

 Sturmia Hoppe in St. 7. 1. Chamagrostis Borkh. — An ele- 



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

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

 shorter than the glumes, hairy, truncate, ragged. — Sandy south- 

 west coast of Anglesea. A. IV. E. 



Tribe III. PhalaridecB. 

 7. Phai'aeis Linn. Eeed-grass. 



[P. canarien' sis (L.) ; pan. ovoid spikelike, gl. winged on the 

 keel, wing entire, rudimentary fl. 2 half as long as the fertile fl., 

 pales pilose.—^. B. 1310. P. 9.— St. 1—2 feet high, ending in 

 a compact compound panicle. Gl. lai'ge, pale yellow variegated 

 with green lines and remarkably winged at the back. — Scarcely 

 naturalized. A. VII. Canary-grass.'] 



[P. paradox' a (L.), pan. spikelike, gl. of fertile fl. with a 

 blunt toothed wing on the ked many-veined, rudimentary fl. 

 several much shorter. — St. decumbent below, then ascending, 

 1 — 3 ft. high, branched. Lower part of pan. usually barren ; 

 branches with about 6 spikes. — Swanage, Dorset. A. VII.] E. 



1. P. arundindeea (L.) ; pan. upright with spreading branches, 

 fl. clustered, gl. not winged, rudimentary fl. 1 or 2 small hairy. — 

 E. B. 402. P. 9.— St. 4—5 feet high. Creeping. Pan. 3—4 

 in. long. Gl. keeled. L. sometimes variegated with white lines. 

 —By water. P. VI. VH. E.S.I. 



8. Anthoxan'ihtjm Linn. Vernal-grass. 

 1. A. odordtum (L.) ; pan. spikelike dense oblong, gl. about 

 ' Mibora Adans. 1763, Chamagroatis Borkh. 1790. 



