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6. A. agrestis (L.) ; st. erect scabrous upwards, panicle tapering 
spiked slender, glumes acute connected below nearly glabrous, awn 
from near the base of the palea and projecting half its length 
beyond it.— E. B. 848. R. 1473. Par. 3.— St. 1—2 feet high, 
slender. Sheaths roughish, upper one longer than its leaf. Ligule 
prominent, obtuse. Glumes glabrous but with a row of fine short 
cilice on the back. Styles combined. — A verv troublesome weed. 
A. VII. E. S. ? 
9. Knappia Sm. 
1. K. agrostidca (Sm.). The only species. — E. B. 1127. Stur- 
mia minima Hoppe in St. 7- 1 • Chamagrostis Koch. Mibora verna 
R. 1405. — An elegant but very small grass. Root small, fibrous. 
St. numerous. L. short, rough. Spikes slender, of 5 — 10 mostly 
sessile alternate spikelets. — It is very doubtful what ought to be 
the generic name of this grass ; my own opinion is in favour of 
Mibora (Adans.), but I have thought it better to follow Smith. — 
Sandy maritime pastures, rare. A. III.— V. E. 
Tribe IV. Agrostidece. 
10. Gastridium Pal. de Beauv. 
1. G. lendigerum (Gaud.) ; glumes lanceolate acuminate, outer 
palea awned, awn rather longer than the glumes. — E. B. 1107. 
R. 1418. — St. 3 — 12 in. high. L. roughish at the edges. Ligule 
oblong. Panicle close, almost spiked, lobed. Glumes remarkably 
ventricose at the base. Palea very small. — Wet places near the 
sea, rare. A. VII. E. 
11. Polypogon Desf. 
1. P. monsjieliensis (Desf.) ; seta; more than twice as long as 
the rather obtuse glumes. — E. B. 1704. Par. 11. — Root fibrous. 
St. 1 — li foot high. Panicle dense, lobed, pale, silky, often 2 
in. long. Glumes linear, hairy. A most beautiful grass. — Salt 
marshes. A. VI. VII. E. S. 
2. P. littoralis (Sm.) ; seta equalling the acute glumes. — E. B. 
1251. — Root somewhat creeping. St. about a foot high. Panicle 
close, lobed, purplish. Glumes linear-lanceolate. — Muddy salt 
marshes, rare. P. VI. VII. E. 
12. Milium Linn. 
1. M. effusum (L.) ; panicle diffuse, pales acute, st. smooth, 
1. lanceolate- linear. — E.B. 1106. R. 1456. Par. 17-— Root fibrous 
with scions. St. 3 — 4 feet high. Branches of the panicle long, 
in distant alternate tufts, in flower horizontal, afterwards deflexed. 
— Damp shady woods. P. VI. 
