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size of officinalis ; the flowers are also much 

 smaller and paler, and when in flower is beset with 

 stiff rigid spreading hairs. In cultivation, it some- 

 times alters in size, but its other characters are al- 

 ways permanent. It was found some years ago 

 on dry hilly pastures in Angusshire, by Mr James 

 Smith, nurseryman et Monkswood Grove, near 

 Ayr, a very diligent practical botanist, Mr Hop- 

 kirk has described and figured it in his Flora Glot- 

 tiana under the name of V. Mrsuta. 



2. — Poa STRICTA. 



Panicula ramosa, spiculis 3-floris ovatis ; glumis 

 lanceolatis trinervibus subaequalibus mucronatis 

 carinatis, paleis quinquenerviis apice truncatis 

 flosculis basi villosis. 



Culmus erectus bipidalis gracilis teres glaber 

 articulatus ; folia radicalia anguste-liniaria glaber- 

 rima pallide viridia striata margine inermia, cau- 

 lina brevia pungentia longe vaginantia, vaginis lae- 

 vibus striato sulcatis ; ligula brevissima apice ob- 

 scindenti lacerato-ciliata ; panicula compacta ra- 

 mosa fusco-rubra ramulis pedicellisque spinuloso 

 asperis, spiculi 3-flori conferti ovati, glumae sub- 

 aequales lanceolatse trinerves mucronatae carinatae 

 (carina aspera) margine ciliatae, paleae 5-nervise 

 apice truncatae margine scariosae ; flosculi basi villis 

 longis retrofractis tecti. Affinis Poae pratensi, at- 



