422 98. GEAMINB^. 



equalling awns, st. nearly simple below. — E. B. 647. P. 8. — 

 About a foot high. Panicle lanceolate, dense, or rather inter- 

 rupted below.— There are two forms or species : (1) with purple 

 anth. in meadows, (2) with dull yellow anth. in woods.— Very 

 common in pastures. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 



2. A. Fuel' Hi (Lee. & Lam.) ; pan. spikelilre lax, gl. much 

 falling short of awns, st. many branching from the base. — J. of 

 B. xiii. t. 157.— Pan. narrowed to the top. St. 6—12 in. high. 

 — Sandy pastures. A. VII. — I X E. 



0. HiBKo'cHLOE Ghnel. Holy-grass. 



1. H. boredlis (R. & S.) ; pan. divaricate, pedicels glabrous, 

 fl. awnless, 1. flat.— ^. B. S. 2841. P. 81.— About a foot high. 

 Spikelets ovate, brown. — Forfarshire (but now lost). Thurso, 

 Caithness. Mr. R. Dick P. V. VI. S. 



Tribe IV. Phleinece. 



10. Phle'um Linn. Cat's-tail-grass. 



[P. as'perum ( Jacq.) ; l.-sheaths slightly inflated, pan. cylin- 

 drical, gl. wedgeshaped truncate swelling upwards, keels rough, 

 rudimentary ii. subulate. — -E. B. 1077. Probably an escape, 

 now lost. A. VII.] E. 



1. P. Boeh'meri (Wibel) ; l.-sheaths slightly inflated, pan. 

 cylindrical, gl. linear-lanceolate obliquely truncate mucronate, 

 keel ciliate above, rudimentary fl. subulate. — E. B. 459. P. 80. 

 — St. leafy below, naked upwards, vsdth sterile leafy shoots. 

 Lower pale entire, not awned. Anth. linear-oblong. — Dry 

 chalky fields, rare. P. VII. E. 



[P. MichMli (All.) was probably a mistake.] 



2. P. arendrium (L.) ; l.-sheaths inflated, pan. ohlong some- 

 what narrowed below, gl. lanceolate acuminate, keel ciliate 

 above, rudimentary ii. subulate minute. — B. B. 222. St. 29. 1. 

 P. 7. — St. varying greatly in height. Lower pale notched at 

 the summit, -j the length of the glumes. Anth. very small. — 

 Sandy places chiefly near the sea. A. V. — VII. E. S. I. 



3. P. praten'se (L.) ; l.-sheaths not inflated, pan. cylindrical, 

 gl. oblong truncate with an awn of less than half their length, 

 keel ciliate above, no rudimentary flower. — E. B. 1076. P. 77 

 & 78. — Slightly creeping (or slightly tuberous, P. nodosum L.). 

 Pan. 1 — 5 in. long. Awns sometimes longer. Lower pale 

 jagged at the summit. — a. P. pratense (L.) f st. from a pros- 

 trate base, 1. broad, pan. usually long, anth. purplish. — p. sto- 



