HOKDEITM. LOLlrrM. 437 



of about its length.— J^. B. 409. P. 11.— Often 2 ft. Ugh. 

 Spike compressed, erect. Gl. of lateral fl. shorter. — Damp 

 meadows. P. VIL E. S. I. 



3. S. viurinum (L.) ; gl. of the middle spikelet linear-lanceo- 

 late cUiate, of the lateral ones setacemts rough, lateral fl. imper- 

 fect.— .E. £. 1971. P. 10.— Spike often slightly nodding. 

 Height 12 — 18 in. Awn longer than the lower pale. Lateral 

 gl. sometimes slightly cUiate. — /3. arenarium (Bab.) ; lower 

 part of the st. buried, lengthened, branched and rooting, thus 

 appearing to creep. — Waste places. (3. Loose sand. B. VI. 

 YU. E. S. I. 



4. H. marit'imum (Wither.) ; gl. rough, inner gl. of the lateral 

 fi. half-ovate the rest setaceous, lateral fl. imperfect. — E. B. 



1205. P. 10. — The smallest species. — ^Pastures and banks near 

 the sea. A. VI. E. S. 



49. Lbpiu'etts B. Br. 



1. i. Jiliformis (Trin.) ; spike cyUndrical-subulate, gl. 2 

 ec[ualling or slightly exceeding the flowers. — BoUhdellia Sm., 

 K B. 760. P. 2.— St. 2—6 in. long. Spike long, slender 

 straight or slightly curved. [X. incurvatvs (Trin.) is apparently 

 only found as a ballast plant.] — Gravelly and waste places near 

 the sea. A. VU. E. S. I. 



50. Lo'ltttm lAnn. Eye-grass. 



1. L. pet-efine (L.) ; with leafy barren shoots, edges of young 

 I. simply folded, spikelets 3 — 11-flowered, gl. equalling the 

 lowest fl., lower pale usually awnless. — E. B. 315. P. 65. — 

 St. 12 — 18 in. high, usually bent at the lower knots. Whole 

 plant rather dark green. — 13. aristatum ; lower pale with a long 

 a-TOTi. — y. Z. tenue (L.) ; spikelets few-flowered, 1. slender. — 

 Sometimes the spikelets become converted into branches; or 

 the rachis is so much shortened as to produce a broad ovate 

 close distichous spike. — Common. P. VI. Bye-grass. E. S. I. 



[i. itd'icum (A. Braun) ; with leafy barren shoots, edges of 

 young I. involute, spikelets 9 — 14-flowered, lower pale with a 

 long awn.- — P. vii. 77. P. 138 — 141. — St. many, straight, in 

 close tufts, H — 3 ft. high. Whole plant, especially the spike- 

 lets, paler than in the preceding. Ligule short, abrupt. — 

 L. mvUiflorum (Lam.), perhaps confounded with this, has no 

 barren shoots and is aimual. — Cultivated fields. P. VI. Italian 

 Bye-grass.'] E. 



[i. linic'ola (Sond.) ; no barren shoots, spikelets 7 — 11-flow- 

 ered exceeding the gl., lower pale longer than its awn or awn- 



