438 98. &EAM1NEJ5. 



38. Bri'za Linn. Quaking-grass. 



1. B. minor (L.) ; spikelets triangular of about 7 fl., gl ex- 

 ceeding the lowest fl., pan. diffuse, ligule long lanceolate acute. 

 —E. B. 1316. P. 101. — St. very slender, about 1 foot high. 

 Spikeletspale green. Lowerpale roundish cordate, cartilaginous, 

 very gibbous in the middle of the back.— Dry and sandy fields 

 in the South-west. A. VII. E. 



2. B. midia (L.) ; spikelets broadly ovate of about 6 fl., gl. 

 falling short of the lowest fl., pan. diiFuse, ligule truncate vay 

 'short.— a. B. 340. P. 30.— St. slender erect, 1— IJ foot high. 

 Panicle light and elegant, with slender branches. _ Spikelets 

 usually purplish. L. linear-acuminate. Lower pale roundish 

 oval, cartilaginous, not gibbous. — Pastures. P. VI. E. S. I. 



39. Catabrosa Pal. de Beauv . 



1. C. agwai'jcn (Beauv.) ; pan. long-pyramidal withhalf-whorls 

 of patent branches, lower pale 3-ribbed, 1. broad linear blunt.— 

 E. B. 1557. P. 20. — Creeping. St. long, procumbent or 

 floating below. L. flat. Pan.-branches in alternate threes or 

 fives. Spikelets usually 2- (or 3—5-) flowered. Gl. very 

 thin, often purplish. Fl, 'distant. — 13. minor ; st. 2 — 3 in. high, 

 spikelets mostly 1-flowered. — Ponds and ditches. ^. Wet 

 sea-sands. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



40. Cynosu'rus Linn. Dog's-tail-grass. 



]. C. cristdtus (L.) ; raceme spikelike linear, fl. with a very 

 short awn.— JB. B. 816. P. 28.— St. 12—18 in. high. Spike 

 unilateral, plane-compressed. Spikelets closely placed. Bract 

 comblike.— Pastures. P. VIII. E. S. I. 



[ C. echinutus (L.) ; raceme contracted close ovate, awns about 

 as long as the pales.— -B. B. 1333. P. 28 & 129.— St. erect, 

 1 — 2 feet high. Bract comblike with long points. — Sandy 

 places in Guernsey and Jersey. A. VII.] 



41. Dac'ttiis Linn. Cock's-foot-grass. 



1. D. glomerata (L.) ; pan.-branches with ovate clusters of 

 spikelets, st. erect, linear flat with rough margins, root cees- 

 pitose. — E. B. 335. P. 29. — A coarse grass. Pan.-branches 

 long, spreading or divaricate with fl., afterwards adpressed, dis- 

 tant ; each bearing an ovate cluster of spikelets ; or panicle 

 reduced to one cluster. — Meadows. 'P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



