412 98. GEAMINE^. 



Sturmia Hoppe in St. 7. 1. Chamagrostis Borkli. — An ele- 

 gant but very small grass. Boot small, fibrous. St. many. 

 L. short, rough. Spikes slender ; spikelets 5—10, sessile. Pale 

 shorter than the glumes, hairy, truncate, ragged. — Sandy south- 

 west coast of Anglesea. A. IV. E. 



Tribe III. Phalaridea. 



7. Phal'abis Linn. Eeed-grass. 



[P. canarien' sis (L.) ; pan. ovoid spikelike, gl. winged on the 

 keel, wing entire, rudimentary fl. 2 half as long as the fertile fl., 

 pales pilose.—^. B. 1310. P. 9.— St. 1—2 feet high, ending in 

 a compact compound panicle. Gl. large, pale yellow variegated 

 with green lines and remarkably winged at the back.— Scarcely 

 naturalized. A. VII. Canary-grass.'] 



\_P. paradox' a (L.), pan. spikelike, gl. of fertUe fl. with a 

 blunt toothed wiDig on the keel many-veined; rudimentary fl. 

 several much shorter. — St. decumbent below, then ascendmg, 

 1 — 3 ft. high, branched. Lower part of pan. usually barren ; 

 branches with about 6 spikes. — Swanage, Dorset. A. VII.] E. 



1. P. arundindcea (L.) ; pan. upright with spreading branches, 

 fl. clustered, c/l. not winged rudimentarv fl. 1 or 2 small hairy. — 

 E. B. 402. P. 9.— St. 4^5 feet high" Creeping. Pan. 3—4 

 in. long. Gl. keeled. L. sometimes variegated with white lines. 

 —By water. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



8. Anthoxan'ihttk Linn. Vernal-grass. 



1. A. odorutum (L.) ; pan. spikelike oblong compound, gl. 

 about as long as the awns. — E. B. 647. P. 8. — About a foot 

 high. Panicle lanceolate, dense, or rather interrupted below. — 

 There are two forms or species : (1) with purple anth. in mea- 

 dows, (2) with dull yellow anth. in woods. — ^Very common in 

 pastures. P. V. VI." E.S.I. 



9. Hiekoch'i.oi; Gmel. Holy-grass. 



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

 fl. awnless, 1. flat.— .B. B. S. 2641. P. 31.— About a foot high. 

 Spikelets ovate, brown. — Glen Kella or CaUy, Forfarshire. Mr. 

 Q. Don. Thurso, Caithness. Mr. B. Dick. P. V. VI. S 



Tribe IV. Phleinea. 



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

 [P. as'penim fjacq.) ; pan. cylindrical, gl. wedgeshaped trun- 



