428 98. GEAMINEffi. 



silky, often 2 in. long. Gl. linear, hairy. A most beautifiil 

 grass. — Salt marslies, rare. — A. VI. VII. E. S. 



2. P. lit'toralis (Sm.) ; awna as long as the acute glumes. — 

 E. B. 1251. P. 81. R. vii. 75. — Somewhat creeping. St. a 

 foot or more high. Pan. close, lobed, purplish. Gl. linear- 

 lanceolate. — Muddy salt marshes, rare. P. VI. VII. E. 



24. Gastbid'htm Pal. de Beauv. Mt-grass. 



1. G. lendig'erum (Gaud.) ; gl. lanceolate acuminate, lower 

 pale awned, awn rather exceeding the glumes. — JS. B. 1107. 

 P. 86, — St. 3 — 12 in. high. L. roughish at the edges. Ligule 

 oblong. Pan. close, almost spiked, lobed. Ql. remarhdbly ven- 

 tricose and shining at the base. Pales very small. — Damp places 

 especially near the sea, rare. A. VI. — IX. E. 



Tribe X. Avenea. 

 25. Hol'ctjs Linn. Soft-grass. 



1. JI. landtus (L.) ; upper gl. blunt apieulate, awn smooth 

 except near the tip ultimately curved like a fish-hook and in- 

 cluded within the glumes, sheaths and knots vSlose. — E. B. 1169. 

 P. 21. — Caespitose. Root fibrous. Height 1 — 2 feet. Knots 

 not hairy. Inflorescence panicled, often pinkish. Gl. rough. 

 Lower fl. awnless, quite smooth or slightly rough at the point. 

 — Meadows and pastures. P. VII. Yorkshire Fog. E. S. I. 



2. H. mol'lis (L.); upper gl. acute, awn rough throughout 

 ultimately kneed 'protruding beyond the glumes, 1. rough, 

 sheaths glabrous, hmts hearded.—E. B. 1170. P. 21 & 22.— 

 Creeping. Height 1 — 2 feet. St. and 1. subglabrous or slightly 

 hairy. Inflorescence not so compact as in the preceding, whitish. 

 Gl. smooth. Lower fl. awnless ; but sometimes it has an awn ; 

 rarely the upper is perfect. Occasionally the spikelets are much 

 smaller and the plant only 12 — 18 in. high. — Thickets or open 

 places on a light soil. P. VII. E. S. I. 



26. CoEmfE'PHOETJS Pal. de Beauv. 



1. C. canes'cens (Beauv.) ; iDan. rather dense long, gl. exceed- 

 ing the fl. acumiuate, awn from near the base of the pale, 1, 

 setaceous.— -^M-fl Sm., E. B. 1190. P. 110.— St. tufted, slender. 

 6 — 8 in. high. L. many. Pan. close, spreading with flowers ; 



