428 98. GEAMINE^. 



side, lower pah blunt, midrib not reaching to the tip, rootjibrous. 

 —Qlyceria Sm., E. B. 986. P. 41. — Without rooting stoles. 

 St. decumbent below. L. flat, short, with 8 — 10 equally pro- 

 minent ridges upon their vipper sui-face. Ligule short and trun- 

 cate. Edges of lower pale not involute. Spikelets and fl. half 

 the size of those of the preceding. — ^. obtiisa (Parn.) ; pan. 

 more compound, spikelets about 7-flowered, lower pale truncate 

 and broader, ligule shorter. P. 96 & 97. — Sea-shores and waste 

 sandy places. (3. Leicestershire. P. VI. — VIII. E. S. I. 



** Glumes 1- (rarely 3-) veined. 



5. S. rig'ida (Link) ; pan. lanceolate rigid distichous, spike- 

 lets linear acute of 7 — 10 fl., lower pale blunt with a mucro, 

 upper gl. reaching to the base of the third fl., root fibrous. — 

 Qlyceria Sm., E. B. 1371. P. 4'3. — St. slender, wiry, erect. L. 

 nearly flat, acute. Pan. 1 — 2 in. long, nearly simple. Lower 

 pale faintly veined. Fl. small. — Dry places. A. VI. E. S. I. 



6. S. lolidcea (Woods) ; pan. racemose narrow rigid secund, 

 spikelets oblong of 8 — 12 fl.,lower pale blunt with a mucro, upper 

 gl. reaching to the base of the fourth fl., root fibrous. — Triticum 

 Sm., E. B. 221. P. 43. — St. stout, slightly curved, ascending, 

 2 — 6 in. long. L. flat, convolute when dry. Spikelets usually 

 solitary, alternate, all directed to one side ; footstalks very short 

 and stout. Lower pale with well-marked marginal veins. — 

 Sandy sea-coasts. A. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



38. Bei'za Linn. Quaking-grass. 



1. B. minor (L.) ; spikelets triangular of about 7 fl., gl. ex- 

 ceeding the lowest Jl., ^an. diiTuse, li(fale long lanceolate acute. 

 —E. B. 1816. P. 101.— St. very slender, about 1 foot high. 

 Spikelets pale green. Lower pale roundish-cordate, cartilaginous, 

 very gibbous in the middle of the back. — Dry and sandy fields 

 in the South-west. A. VII. E. 



2. B. media (L.) ; spikelets broadly ovat3 of about 5 fl., gl. 

 falling short of the lowest f,., pan. difiiise, liqvle truncate very 

 short. ^E. B. "340. P. 30.— St. slender erect,' 1— IJ foot high. 

 Panicle light and elegant, with slender branches. Spikelets 

 usually purplish. L. linear-acuminate. Lower pale roundish 

 oval, cartilaginous, not gibbous. — Pastures. P. VI. E. S. I. 



39. Catabeo'sa Pal. de Beam). 



1. C aqiiat 'ica (Beauv.) ; pan. long-pyramidal with half- whorls 

 of patent branches, lower pale 3-ribbed, 1. broad linear blunt. — 

 E. B. 1557. P. 20. Qlyceria aquatica, Presl. — Creeping. St. 



