By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



289 



lanceolate. This is a common species in moist meadows and woods, 

 and on hill-side pastures, where the ground is wet or springy. In 

 such situations it is generally very conspicuous, in consequence of 

 forming large tufts that lise above the surrounding vegeta- 

 tion. 



2. A. flexuosa, (Linn.) waved Hair-grass. Engl. Bot. t. 1519. 

 Pam. Gr. tf. 107. 



Locality. Heaths and hilly places. P. Fl. July. Area, 1, %, 3, 

 4, 5. More or less general in all the Districts. This grass forms 

 somewhat creeping tufts of nearly smooth, narrow, bristle-like leaves, 

 among which rise numerous slender wiry stems about 1 foot in 

 height. Panicle 2 or 3 inches long, spreading when in flower ; its 

 rachis and branches more or less waved or zig-zag. Spikelets glossy, 

 purplish, chiefly directed to one side. Awn knee-bent from near the 

 base of the pale. Ligule short truncate. Upper sheaths rough from 

 above downwards. 



3. A. caryophyl'lea, (Linn.) silvery Hair-grass. Engl. Bot. t. 812. 

 Pam. Gr. t. 24. Avena, Koch. 



Locality. Dry, gravelly heaths, and pastures. A. Fl. June. 

 Area, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Generally distributed. Stems 2 to 6 or 8 inches 

 high. Leaves short, few. Panicle trichotomous. Florets silvery- 

 gray. Glumes nearly equal, ovate, gibbous at the base, pellucid at 

 the upper 'part. Awn twice as long as the bifid lower palea, from 

 below to the middle of which it rises. Sheaths roughish from below, 

 upwards. A very elegant and ornamental grass. 



4. A. prcecox, (Linn,) early Hair-grass. Engl. Bot. t. 1296. 

 Pam. Gr. t. 25. Avena Koch. 



Locality. Broken gravelly ground in heathy places. A. FL 

 April, May. Area 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Stems, from 1 to G inches high, 

 erect, usually several from the same root, amidst a tuft of small 

 almost setaceous leaves. Panicle few-flowered, pale silvery-green 

 contracted oblong. Glumes ovate, lanceolate scabrous. The length 

 and insertion of the awn are variable, but it is always extended 

 considerably beyond the bifid extremity of the palea. This grass 

 appears to be less abundant in the Districts than the Inst, A. earyo* 

 jphyVlea to which in its earliest stage it bears a striking resemblance, 



