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Upper sheath slightly inflated. Ligule short, Munt. Pan. 1 — 3 

 in. long, branches 4 — 6-flowered. Anth. yellow. Styles com- 

 hined.— Eioh pastures. P. IV.— VI. E. S. I. 



2. A. alplnus (Sm.) ; st. erect smooth, pan. ob 

 connected below hairy, pale equalling the glumes, awn pro- 

 jecting 5 of its length heyond the pale. — JB. B. 1126. P. 4. — 



Somewhat creeping. St. decumbent at the base, then erect, 

 9 — 12 in. high. Ligule short, blunt. Uppermost 1. usually 

 (not always) short and broad, \ of the length of its inflated 

 sheath. Gl. connate through about 5 of length. Awn &om 

 about the middle of pale, sometimes wanting. Styles combined. 

 Pan. not exceeding an inch, sometimes rather lax ; silky branches 

 4 — 6-flowered. — ^High on mountains. Loch-na-Gar. Ben 

 Lawers. (Jlova. P. VII. S, 



3. A. geiviculMus (L.) ; st. ascending bent at the knots smooth, 

 pan. cylindrical, gl. blunt connected below ciliate ra.^er exceeding 

 the pale, awn from near the base of the pale and projecting half 

 its length beyond it, anth. linear. — E. B. 1250. P. 5. — Root 

 fibrous. St. about a foot long, branching below. Knots gene- 

 rally (in dry places) oval and fleshy. Upper sheath inflated. 

 Ligule oblong. Gl. membranous at the top except the midrib, 

 often villose or hairy below. Pale when laid open oblong, blunt, 

 slightly notched. Anth. ultimately violet-yellow. Styles mostly 

 combined. Pan. 1 — 2 in. long. — A. promts (Mitten) is a pros- 

 trate form of this.— Wet places. P. VI. VH. E. S. I. 



4. A. fuViMS (Sm.) ; st. ascending bent at the knots smooth, 

 pan. cylindrical, gl. connected below ciliate rather falling short 

 of the pale, avm from just below the middle of the pale and 

 scarcely extending beyond it, anth. short and broad. — E. B. 1467. 

 P. 5. — St. 1 — 2 feet long, procumbent below. Ligule oblong. 

 Pan. 2 — 3 in. long. Anth. at first white, afterwards orange- 

 coloured. — Wet margins of ponds. P. VI. — IX. E. S. 



•5. A. bulbdsus (L.) ; st. smooth, pan. cylindrical acuminate, 

 gl. distinct abruptly acute downy exceeding the pale, awn from 

 near the base of the pale and proj ecting half its length beyond it. 

 — E. B. 1249. P. 76. — St. 1 foot long, ascending or decumbent, 

 in a circular tuft, kneed, the lowermost knots forming ovatejleshy 

 knobs. Upper sheath inflated. Ligule oblong. Pfde when laid 

 open truncate, emarginate, with 2 small teeth in the middle. 

 Styles combined. Pan. about 1 in. long, less decidedly racemose 

 than in our other species ; pedicels usually 1-flowered. — Salt 

 marshes in the South, rare. P. VI. E. 



6. A. agres'tis (L.) ; st. erect roughish above, pan. tapering 

 slender, gl. acute connected below nearly glabrous, awn from 

 near the base of the pale and projecting half its length beyond 



