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A beautitul vanetv with white, green and blue striped leaves, 

 1 ultir&led m the gardens, and known by the- names Ladiet 

 traces ; ribbon-grass, fix. On Mr. Pratt's grounds, at Leinon- 

 hill, it is abundant, but I have never seen more than a llight 

 approximation to these stripes, in the wild plant. Perennial. 

 July, August. 



t« C. panicle oblong, calices one-flowered, lanceolate, cinnoidej. 



carina rough pubescent, corolla awned at the 



back. 

 Arundo cinnoides, MuhL 

 A. canadensis, Mich, and Pursh. 

 A. confinis, Willd. enum. 



Reed-like Calamagrostis. 



In bogs and at river sides. From three to four feet high. 

 Rather scarce. Near the spot I have particularised as the 

 habitat of Iris prismatica. Perennial. August. 



42. Anthouxthum, Gen. pi. 58. (Gramincx. ) 



Calix 2-valvcd 1 -flowered. Corolla 2- valved ; 

 valves unequal, acuminate, awned from near 

 the base. Stamina 2. .Yutt. 



1. A spike oblong, ovate ; flowers on short pedun- ©dorsum, 

 cles, longer than awn. Sp. pi. 

 Icon. Fl. Dan. 6G6. Engl. hot. 647. 



Sweet-scented Vernal-grass. Sweet Anthox. 



It is the fine odour of this grass, which gives to hay, its sweet 

 scent. Naturalized. In meadows and grass-plots, common. 

 Perennial. May. 



43. Crypsis, Lamarck. 



Calix 2- valved, oblong, 1 -flowered. Corolla 

 2-valved, longer than the calix. Stamina 2 

 or 3. (Spike surrounded at the base by the 

 sheath ol' the leaf; or the flowers collected 

 into a leafy capitulum.) Xutt. 



