394 97. GRAMINE. 
cate. Margins of the outer pale not involute. Spikelets and ff. 
half the size of those of S. maritima and S. procumbens. Branches 
of the panicle short, scarcely elongated after flowering, hispid.— 
Muddy salt marshes. P. VI. E. 
4. S. procumbens (Beauv.); panicle ovate-lanceolate compact 
distichous rigid, spikelets linear-lanceolate of about 4 fl., rachis 
angular, outer pale obtuse with an apiculus formed by the ex- 
tremity of the dorsal nerve, root fibrous.—Glyceria Sm., E. B. 
532. P.42.—-St. procumbent, (rarely when growimg im water 
erect,) rigid. L. flat, with inflated sheaths. Panicle about 2 in. 
long, with very short rigid branches spreading in 2 rows. Fi. 
large.—Salt marshes. A. VII. VIII. 
** Glumes 1- (rarely 3-) nerved. 
5. S. rigida (Link); panicle lanceolate rigid distichous, spike- 
lets linear acute of 7—10 fl., outer pale obtuse with a mucro, 
upper gl. reaching to the base of the third fl., root fibrous — 
Glyceria Sm., E. B.1371. P. 43.—St. slender, wiry, erect. L. 
nearly flat, acute. Panicle 1—2 in. long, nearly simple. Outer 
pale indistinctly nerved. FI. small.—Dry places. A. VI. 
6. S. loliacea (Woods) ; panicle racemose narrow rigid secund, 
spikelets oblong of 8—12 fi., outer pale obtuse with a mucro, 
upper gl. reaching to the base of the fourth fl., root fibrous.— 
Triticum Sm., BE. B. 221. P.43.—St. stout, slightly curved, 
ascending. L. flat, convolute when dry. Spikelets usually soli- 
tary, alternate, all directed to one side; footstalks very short and 
stout. Outer pale with well-marked marginal nerves.—Sandy 
sea-coast. A. VI. VII. 
38. Briza Linn. 
1. B. minor (L.); spikelets tnangular of about 7 f1., gi. longer 
than the lowermost fl., panicle diffuse, ligule elongate lanceolate 
acute.— E. B. 1316. P.101.—St. very slender, about ] foot high. 
Spikelets pale green. Outer pale roundish-cordate cartilaginous 
and very gibbous in the middle of the back.—Dry and sandy fields 
in the extreme south. A. VII. E. 
2. B. media (L.); spikelets broadly ovate of about 5 fl., gl. 
shorter than the lowermost fl., panicle diffuse, ligule truncate very 
short.—E. B. 340. P. 30.—St. slender, erect, 1—14 foot high. 
Panicle light and elegant, with slender: branches. Spikelets 
usually purplish. L. Imear-acuminate. Outer pale oblong, car- 
tilaginous, but not gibbous on the back.—Pastures. P. VI. 
Quaking-grass. 
39. Cynosurus Linn. 
1. C. eristatus (L.); raceme spikelike linear, fi. with a very short 
