HOlCtrS. AIEA. 4l9 



Tribe X. Avenece. 

 25. Hol'ctts Linn. Soffc-grass. 



1. S. landtus (L.) ; upper gl. blunt apiculate, awn smooth 

 except near the tip ultimately cm-ved like a fish-hook and in- 

 cluded within the glumes, sheaths and knots villose. — H. B. 1169. 

 P. 21. — Csespitose. Boot fibrous. Height 1 — 2 feet. Knots 

 not hairy. Inflorescence panioled, often pinkish. Gl. rough. 

 Lower fl. awnless, quite smooth or slightly rough at the point. 

 — Meadows and pastm-es. P. VII. Yorltshire Fog. E. S. I. 



2. H. mol'lis (L.) ; upper gl. acute, awn rough throughout 

 ultimately kneed protruding beyond the glumes, 1. rough, 

 sheaths glabrous, knots bearded.— E. B. 1170. P. 21 & 22.— 

 Creeping. Height 1 — 2 feet. St. and 1. subglabrous or slightly 

 hairy. Inflorescence not so compact as in the preceding, whitish. 

 Gl. smooth. Lower fl. awnless ; but sometimes it has an awn ; 

 rarely the upper is perfect. Occasionally the spikelets are much 

 smaller and the plant only 12—18 in. high.— Thickets or open 

 places on a light soil. P. XIJ. E. S. I. 



26. Coktne'phgeits Pal. de Beauv. 



1. C. canes' eetis (Beauv.) ; pan. rather dense long, gl. exceed- 

 ing the fl. acuminate, awn from near the base of the pale, 1. 

 sebiceoua. — Aira Sm., B. B. 1190. P. 110. — St. tufted, slender, 

 6 — 8 in. high, L. many. Pan. close, spreading with flow«s ; 

 branches short. Spikelets variegated with purple and white. 

 Anth. dark purple. Lower portion of the awn dark yellow, 

 straight, cylindrical, striated lengthwise and slightly twisted ; 

 upper part clavaie, white tinged with purple. — Sandy coasts of 

 Norf., Suflf., and Jersey. P. VL VH. E. 



27. Ai'ea Linn. Hair-grass. 



* Lower pale truncate, jagged. Nut free, not furrowed on the hack. 

 Dbschampsia Beauv. 



t Awn straight. 



1. A. ceespitdsa (L.) ; pan. spreading, 1. flat, gl. slighdy rough 

 at the midrib, aim from below the middle of the pale and scarcely 

 extending beyond its tip, ped, of second fl. downy or hairy. — 

 JE. B. 1453. P. 23.— Root tufted. St. 1—4 feet high. L. 

 ri<nd, roughish; their margins involute when dry. Pan.- 

 branches rough. Lower pale with 4 veins in addition to that 

 which ends m the rough awn. Rudiment of third fl. often 



