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POA AQUATICA. 



LiNNiETTs. J. E. Smith. Hooker and Aknott. Parnell. Abbot. 



Greville. Willdenow. Curtis. Kjjapp. Oeder. Leers. 



Schuader. Host. Sibthorp. Hudson. Withering. Hull. Bklh.vn. 



PLATE XXXII. 



Gh/ceria aquatica, Smith. R. Brown. Babinoton. 



Hydrochloa " Lindley. 



Gramen aqualicum majus, Kay. Gerarde. Lobel. 



The Reed Meadow Grass. 



Poa — Grass. Aquatica — Aquatic. 



Poa, Linnceus. — The Meadow Grass takes its name from the Greek, sig 

 nifying grass, or to feed, on account of the whole genus being valuable for 



pasturage. There are fifteen British species. 



A very common handsome Grass, sxavrvas in wot situations, 

 such as unchained meadows, and along the edges of water. It 

 is a valuable agricultural Grass for damp situations, as it can 

 be mown twice a year, yields a heavy crop, and cattle are fond 

 of its sugary flavour. 



In Scotland it is found near Edinburgh, Forfar, Perth, and 

 Dumbarton. In England, in the counties of Devon, Somerset, 

 .Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, 

 Oxford, Bedford, Worcester, Gloucester, Warwick, Nottingham, 

 Leicester, York, Chester, Durham, Westmorland, and North- 

 umberland. 



This summer I found it very abundant and large at Amble- 

 side, in Westmorland, and in many places round Nottingham. 



Rare in Ireland. 



