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ties at the base, lowermost about in iives. Lower pales witb 3 

 teeth at the end. Anth. about 3 times as hng as hroad cream- 

 coloured, fuscous when empty. — Stagnant water and wet places. 

 P. VI.— Vin. E. S. ? I. 



37. Scleboch'ma Tal. de Beauv? 



* Glumes with 3 veins. 



t Panicle unilateral. 



1. S. marit'ima (JJaidl^ ; pan. branched, lowermost branches 

 in pairs or single, branches ultimately erect, spikelets linear ad- 

 pressed 4 — 8-flowered, rachis terete, lower pale hlunt apietdate, 

 midrib reaching the tip, stoloniferous, — Glyceria Sm., E. B. H40. 

 P. 42. — Root fibrous, with ascending prostrate or rarely root- 

 ing leafy stoles. L. involute ; the central ridge on their upper 

 giu^face strongly marked the others faint. Aiith. about 6 times 

 as long as broad. Lower pale with involute edges. Ligule 

 bluntish. — (3. hispida (Pam.) ; st. compressed, rachis fuiTowed 

 on one side and as well as the pan. -branches rough. P. 99. — 

 Sea-coast, in damp places. P. vl. VII. E. S. I. 



2. S. JBor'reri (Bab.) ; pan. branched, branches ultimately 

 erect-patent lowermost generally in fours, spikelets linear 4 — 7- 

 fl., rachis terete, lower pale with a rigid apiculus farTned by the 

 tip of the dorsal vein, cadspitoae. — Glyceria 'Bah., E. B. &,2797 

 (1837). P. 98. G. conferta Fries (1889).— St. 6— 12 in. high. 

 No stoles. L. short, flat, with very long sheaths. Ligule short, 

 truncate. Edges of the lower pale not involute. Spikelets and 

 fl. half the size of those of S. maritima and S. procumhens. 

 Pan. -branches short, scarcely elongated after flowering, hispid. 

 —Muddy salt marshes. P. VI.— VIH. E. I. 



3. S. procam'hens (Beauv.) ; pan. ovate-lanceolate compact 

 distichous rigid, spikelets Unear-lanceolate of about 4 fl., rachis 

 angular, lower pale blunt with an apiculus formed by the tip of 

 the dorsal vein, root fibrous. — Glyceria Sm., E. B. 532. P. 42. — 

 St. procumbent (rafely when growing in water erect), rigid. L. 

 flat, with inflated sheaths. Pan. about 2 in. long, with very short 

 rigid branches spreading in 2 rows. Fl. large. — Muddy sea- 

 shores. A. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



tt Panicle regidar. 



4. S. dis'tans (Bab.); pan. branched, branches long ulti- 

 mately spreading or deflexed lowermost in fours or flves, spike- 

 lets linear 3 — 6-flowered, rachis semiterete rather flat on one 



1 See Crepin, Notes Fl. Belg. v. 155—214. 



