By Thomas Bruges Mower, Esq, 



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Phragmites, (Trin.) Reed. 

 Linn. CI. iii. ^ Ord. ii. 



Name. From the Greek Phragmites, mater vats for an enclosure \ 

 these reeds being" used for that purpose. 



1. P. communis, (Trin) common Reed. Arundo, Smith, Engl. BoL 

 t. 401. Parn. t. 29. 



Locality. By the sides of the Avon and canal, ponds and ditches, 

 in wet woods, and damp pastures. P. FL August. Area, 1,2,3,4,5. 

 Generally distributed throughout all the Districts. Culms 6 feet or 

 more high, usually erect, rarely prostrate and very long. Panicle 

 large, purplish-brown, ultimately drooping. Glumes very unequal, 

 narrow, acuminate, the upper and larger one a little elevated on a 

 short pedicel. Flowers longer than the glumes. Rachis of the fer- 

 tile flowers bearing numerous silky hairs, which gradually lengthen 

 after the expansion of the spikelets, so as to give a beautiful silvery 

 appearance to the panicle, as the seed ripens about the commence- 

 ment of autumn. This is one of Nature's most valuable Colonists, 

 and is largely concerned in the gradual conversion of swamps, 

 fens, stagnant pools, and other unwholesome spots, in which water 

 accumulates, into dry land. 



Calamagrostis, (Adans) Small-reed. 

 Linn. CI. iii., Ord. ii. 

 Name. From [Kalamos) Gr. a reed, and {agrostis) a genus of 

 grasses. 



1. C. Epigejos, (Roth.) Wood-small-reed. Arundo (Linn.) Engl. 

 Bot. t. 403. Parn. Gr. t. 16. 



Locality. Moist shady places. P. FL July. Area, 1, * * 

 4, * 



South Division. 



1. South-east District. "Near Clarendon Park/'' Mr. Joseph 

 Woods. 



North Division. 



4. North-east District. Woods at Spye Park. Doubtless this 

 species will be observed in other parts of the county. Stems 3 to 6 

 feet high, terminating in a large copiously-branched but rather 



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