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CALAMAGROSTIS STRICTA. 



Nuttail. Pabnell. Koch. Lindlet. Hooker. 



plate xvi. — a. 



Arundo stricta, Smith. Hooker. Scheadeb. 



" neglecta, Ehehaet. 



The Small Close Reed. 



Calamagroslis — Palm Grass. Stricta — Upright. 



This very rare Grass grows on bogs and in marshes. 



Found about Oakmere, in Delamere Forest, Cheshire, and 

 in several places in the county of Antrim. It used to grow 

 in Fifeshire, but has been by drainage of the land destroyed 

 in that county. Found in the most northern portion of 

 Europe, and in North America. 



Stem upright, circular, and rough, having two or three 

 narrow acute rough leaves, with smooth striated sheaths and 

 smooth joints. Inflorescence compound panicled. Panicle 

 somewhat close and rough, three to five inches in length. 

 Calyx having two almost equal-sized membranous broad glumes, 

 destitute of lateral ribs. Floret one-awned, consisting of two 

 palese, ovate in form, apex jagged, and base hirsute; the awn 

 does not extend beyond the apex of the palea. Inner palea 

 considerably shorter, thin, and transparent. Length from 

 eighteen to twenty-four inches. 



It is much less robust than Calamagrostis epigejos, having 

 shorter hairs, and the floret only half the size. Awn com- 

 mencing lower, and not extending much beyond the palea. 



Comes into flower about the 20th. of June, and ripens its 

 seed in the last week in July. 



