SEIAEIA. MIBOBA. 411 



lets near together, upper gl. and sterile floret awned or mucro- 

 nate hispid, rachis hispid.— £. B. 876. P. 67. Pamcum L.— 

 A strong coarse grass ; found occasionally on cultivated land. 

 Near London. A. VII.] E. 



3. Sbia'eia Pal. de Beauv. 



1. S. vir'idis (Beauv.) ; pan. spikelike, involucral bristles with 

 •forward teeth, lower pale smooth. — Panicum L., E. B. 875. 

 P. 68.— London and Norwich. A. VII. Vm. E. 



\_S. vertidlldta (Beauv.) ; pan. spikelike, involucral hristles 

 with declining teeth, lower pale smooth. — E. B. 874. P. 69. 

 — London and Norwich. A. VII. VIII.] E. 



\_S. glauca (Beauv.) ; pan. spikelike, involucral bristles with 

 ascending teeth, pales transversely rugose. — Weybridge, Surrey. 

 Mr. Borrer. A. IX. J E. 



Tribe II. Chloridece. 



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4. Ctn'odon Bich. 



1. C Dac'tylon (Pers.) ; spikes 3 — 5 digitate, pales smooth 

 their edges and keel .slightly ciliate, 1. downy beneath, barren 

 shoots prostrate. — E. B. 850. P. 72. — Creeping. Flowering st. 

 4 — 6 in. high, ending in a cluster of spreading many-fl. slender 

 spikes. Spikelets purplish. L. on the long branched barren 

 shoots flat, spreading; on the others usually folded. — Sandy 

 shores. Dorset. Devon. Cornwall. P. VIII. E. 



5. Spaeii'na Schreh. 



1. S. stric'ta (Roth) ; 1. jointed to their sheaths falling short 

 of the spikes, spikes 2-— 3, rachis scarcely extending beyond the 

 last spikelet, outer gl. hairy. — E. B. 380. — St. 1 — 2 feet high. 

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

 sheaths. Spikes pressed close together. A remarkably rigid 

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



t2. 8. altemifldra (Loisel.); 1. contiauous with their sheaths 

 equalling or exceeding the spikes, spikes many, rachii produced 

 bei/ond the spikelets and flexuose, outer gl. glabrous. — E. B. S. 

 2812. P. 75.— St. 2—8 feet high. L. broadest at the base and 

 not separating from their 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'ea Adans.^ 



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



' Mibora Adans. 1763, Chamagrostis Borkh. 1790. 



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