Holcus.] - LXXXKIX. GRAMINEZ. 525 
In meadows, pastures, and waste places, throughout Europe and pro- 
bably Russian Asia, except the extreme north. One of the commonest 
British grasses. fl. all summer. 
2. H. mollis, Linn. (fig. 1203). Soft //.—Very near H. lanatus, and 
by some considered as a mere variety. It is not generally so downy, 
although the hairs on the joints are rather more conspicuous, the 
spikelets are larger, the outer glumes taper to a fine point, and the 
awn of the upper flowering glume usually projects beyond the outer 
ones. 
In similar situations with //. lanatus, and with nearly the same 
geographical area, but much less common. Generally distributed 
over Britain, but not abundant, and in some parts rare. Fl. summer. 
XXI. CYNODON. CYNODON. 
Spikelets 1-flowered, awnless, sessile along one side of the simple, 
spike-like branches of the panicle, which all proceed from nearly the 
same point, so as to appear digitate. At the base of the palea is a 
small bristle or prolongation of the axis, sometimes bearing a very 
_minute rudimentary glume. 
A genus of very few species, perhaps all varieties of a single one, 
readily known by the digitate spikes from all British Grasses except the 
Digitaria set of Panicums, and from them by the spikelets arranged 
singly, not in pairs, along the spikes. 
1. C. Dactylon, Pers. (fig. 1204). Creeping Cynodon.—A prostrate 
Grass, often creeping and rooting to a great extent; the flowering 
stems shortly ascending, with short leaves of a glaucous green. Panicle 
of 3 to 5 slender spikes, each 1 to 14 inches long. Spikelets less than a 
line long ; the outer glumes nearly equal, open, narrow and pointed. 
Flowering glume rather longer and much broader, becoming hardened 
when in fruit, smooth on the sides, rather rough on the keel and edges. 
Fibichia umbellata, Koch. 
In cultivated and waste places, especially near the sea, very common 
in southern Europe and in all hot countries [where it is known as 
Bermuda Grass], extending sparingly into northern France and central 
Germany. In Britain, on the sandy southern coasts of England. Fi. 
summer and autumn. 
XXII. SPARTINA. SPARTINA. 
Spikelets 1-flowered, much flattened, and awnless, sessile along one 
side of the simple branches of a long, spike-like panicle. Glumes long 
and narrow, strongly keeled, the palea as long as or longer than the 
flowering glume. 
A small genus, chiefly American, and almost confined to seacoasts. 
1. S. stricta, Sm. (fig. 1205). Cordgrass.—A stiff, erect Grass, with 
a creeping rootstock, and rather short, erect leaves, flat excepting at 
the top when fresh, the edges always rolled inwards when dry. Panicel 
3 or 4 inches long, consisting of from 2 to 4 erect, spike-like branches ; 
spikelets arranged alternately in 2 rows along these branches, sessile 
