41S 98. GEAMINE^. 



3. A. mdgdris (With.); pan. spreading during and alter 

 flowering, gl. nearly equal, lower toothed on the upper part of 

 the keel, ligule short truncate.—^. £. 1671. P. 12 & 13.— St. 

 long, ascending or decumbent below and rooting at the knots, 

 sometimes with long prostrate stoles. Sheaths mostly smooth. 

 Pedicels toothed. Fl. rarely awned. — ^. A. ptcmila (Lightf.) ; 

 caespitose, st. 2 — 3 in. high, fl. often awned usually infested with 

 smut. — Rather dry places. P. VII. E. S. I. 



4. A. al'ba (L.) ; pan. compact after flowering, glumes nearly 

 equal, lower toothed throughout its keel, lig-ule long, acute. — 

 E. B. 1189. P. 13 & 14. — St. procumbent and rooting below, 

 then erect, often with long prostrate stoles. Sheaths roughish. 

 Pan. spreading with flowers, afterwards close. Pedicels very 

 much toothed. Florets rarely awned. — /3. sabrepens ; st. pro- 

 cumbent, rooting at the knots, panicle lobed. JS. B. 1532. — 

 Fields &c. j3. Sea-sands. P. VII. Fiorin-grass. E. S. I. 



22. LAeir'Etrs Linn. Hare's-tail-grass. 



[i. ovdtus {!..).— E. B. 1334. P. 88.— St. 4—12 ia. high. L. 

 broad, lanceolate. Spikes ovate, soft, with long protruded awns. 

 — Sandy places in Guernsey. A. VI. VII.] 



23. PoiYPo'eoN Desf. 



1. P. monspelien'sis (Desf.) ; awns more than twice as long as 

 the bluntly and shortly lobed glumes. — E. B. 1704. P. 11. — 

 Root fibrous. St. a foot or more high. Pan. dense, lobed, pale, 

 silky, often 2 in. long. Gl. linear, hairy. A most beautiful 

 grass. — Salt marshes, rare. — A. VI. VII. E. S. 



2. P. lit'toralis (Sm.) ; awns as long as the acute glumes. — 

 E. B. 1251. P. 81. R. vii. 75.— Somewhat creeping. St. a 

 foot or more high. Pan. close, lobed, purplish. Gl. linear- 

 lanceolate. — Muddy salt marshes, rare. P. VI. Vn. E. 



24. GASiRiD'rxTM Pal. de Beauv. jSTit-grass. 



1. G. lendig'erum (Gaud.) ; gl. lanceolate acuminate, lower 

 pale awned, awn rather exceeding the glumes. — E. B. 1107. 

 P. 86.— St. 3—12 in. high. E. roughish at the edges. Ligule 

 oblong. Pan. close, almost spiked, lobed. Gl. remarkably ven- 



tricose and shining at the base. Pales very small. Damp places 



especially near the sea, rare. VI. — IX. E 



