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No stoles. L. short, flat, with very long sheaths. Ligiile short, 

 trancate. Edges of the lower pale not involute. Spikelets and 

 fl. half the size of those of S. maritima and S. procumiens. 

 Pan.-branches short, scarcely elongated after flowering, hispid. 

 —Muddy salt marshes. P.VL— Vm. E.I. 



3. S. pi-ocum'bens (Beauv.) ; pan. ovate-lanceolate compact 

 distichous rigid, spikelets linear-lanceolate of about 4 fl., rachis 

 angular, lower pale blunt with an apiculus formed by the tip of 

 the dorsal vein, root fibrous. — Glyceria Sm., E. B. 532. P. 42. — 

 St. procumbent (rarely erect when growing in water), rigid. L. 

 flat, with inflated sheaths. Pan. about 2 in. long, with very short 

 riaid branches spreading in 2 rows. Fl. large, — Muddv sea- 

 shores. A. VI. VII. E". S. I. 



tt Panicle regular. 



4. S. dis'tans (Bab.) ; pan. branched, branches long ulti- 

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

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

 side, lower pale blunt, midrib not reaching to the tip, root fibrous. 

 — Glyceria Sm., E. B. 986. 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. — ^. obtusa (Parn.) ; pan. 

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

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

 sandy places. j8. Leicestershire. P. VI. — VIII. E. S. I. 



** Olumes 1- (rarely 3-) veined. 



6. S. rig'ida (Link) ; pan. lanceolate rigid distichous, spike- 

 lets linear acute of 7- — 10 fl., lower pale blunt with a mucro, 

 upper gl. reaching to the base of the third fl., root fibrous. — 

 Glyceria Sm., E. B. 1.371. P. 43. — St. slender, wiry, erect. L. 

 nearly flat, acute. Pan. 1 — 2 in. long, nearly simple. Lower 

 pale faintly veined. Fl. small. — Diy places. A. VI. E. S. I. 



6. 8. lolidcea (Woods) ; pan. racemose narrow rigid secund, 

 spikelets oblong of 8 — 12fl.,lowerpalebluntwitha mucro, upper 

 gl. reaching to the base of the fourth fl., root fibrous.— TVaJiewm 

 sin. .E. B. 221. P. 43. — St. stout, slightly curved, ascending, 



2 6 in. long. L. flat, convolute when dry. Spilcelets usually 



solitarv, alternate, all directed to one side ; footstalks very_ short 

 and stout. Lower pale with well-marked marginal veins. — 

 Sandy sea-coasts. A. VI. VII. E. S. I 



