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Tribe V. Stipaceee. 
15. Stipa Linn. Feather-grass. 
[1. S. penuata (L.) ; awn very long twisted feathery its base 
glabrous. — E. B. 1356. — A beautiful plant with remarkably long 
awns, common in gardens. — On rocks in Long Slcadale 6 miles 
north of Kendal, Westm. Billenius. P. VI.] E. 
Tribe VI. Arundinece. 
16. Arundo Linn. 
1. A. Calamagrostis (L.) ; panicle loose erect, awn very short 
from the bottom of the notch at the top of the outer palea and 
not extending bevond it, hairs longer than the pales, no rudi- 
mentary fl.— E. B. 2159— St. slender, 3 — 4 feet high.— Wet 
places, rare. P. VII. • E. 
2. A. Epigejos (L.) ; panicle rather close lobed, awn from, about 
the middle of the outer palea, hairs longer than the paleae, no 
rudimentary fl. — E. B. 403. Par. 16. Calamagrostis, Hook. — 
St. 3 — 5 feet high. — Damp shady places. P. VII. 
3. A. lapponica (Wahl.) ; panicle close, glumes lanceolate 
acuminate rough on the keel, outer palea nearly as long as the 
glumes deeply jagged at the top longer than the hairs, awn from 
near the base of the palea and not overtopping it, rudiment of a 
second fl. present, ligule oblong acute (?). — St. erect, 2 — 3 feet 
high. Fl. tinged with purpiish-blue. I find the hairs to be 
scarcely more than half as long as the palea.- — Antrim. P. VI. 
VII. ' I. 
4. A. sh-icta (Schrad.) ; panicle close, glumes broadly lanceo- 
late acute rough at the keel, outer palea as long as the glumes 
truncate and minutely jagged at the top longer than the hairs, 
awn from a little below the middle of the palea and not overtop- 
ping it, rudiment of a second fl. present, ligule short abrupt. — 
E. B. 2160. Par. 16.— St. 1—2 feet high. Hairs nearly as long 
as the palea. — Characters drawn from Sm. and Par. fig. and de- 
scriptions. — Near Forfar, now lost through drainage. P. VI. — S. 
17. Ammophila Host. 
1. A. arenaria (Link) ; panicle cylindrical narrowed upwards, 
glumes and palete linear-lanceolate acute, hairs 1 of the length 
of the paleae.— E. B. 520. R. 1434. Par. 8.— St. erect, stiff, 2—3 
feet high. L. rigid, involute, acute, glaucous. — It is unfortunate 
that Ammophila should have been universally adopted as the 
name of this plant, since that denomination was given to a genus 
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