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98. GRAMINE^. 
Tribe VI. Nardeoe. 
13. Nar'dus Linn, em., Trin. Mat-grass. 
1. N. stric'ta (L.).—K B. 290. P. 2.— Tufted. St. and 1. 
erect, slender, rigid. Height 5 — 8 in. Spike close, slender. 
Lower pale with a short rough awn, coriaceous, often purplish ; 
upper membranous. — Moors and heaths. F. VII. E. S. I. 
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Suborder II. Euryanthece. Tribe VII. Oryzece. 
14. Leers 'lA Swartz. Cut-grass. 
1. L. oryzo'ides (Sw.) ; pan. patent with wavy branches, 
spikelets 3-androus half-oval, keel ciliate. — E. B. S. 2908. — 
Creeping. St. 1 — 2 ft. high. L. broad, rough-edged; upper- 
most horizontal at the flowering-season. Pan. mostly enclosed 
in the sheath of the uppermost leaf. The included fl. alone 
are usually fertile.— Marsh-districts in Sussex, Surrey, Hamp- 
shire, and Dorset. P. VIII. IX. E. 
Tribe VIII. SHpacece. 
15. Sti'pa Linn. Feather-grass. 
[S. penndta (L.) ; awn very long twisted feathery its base 
glabrous. — Awns remarkably long. — Not a native. Common 
in gardens. P. VI.] E. 
16. Mil'ium Linn. Millet-grass. 
1. 31. effnmm (L.) ; pan. diffuse, pales acute, st. smooth, 1. 
lanceolate-linear. — E. B. 1106. P. 17. — Stoloniferous. St. 
3 — 4 feet high. Branches of the panicle long, in distant alter- 
nate tufts, in flower horizontal, afterwards deflexed. — Damp 
shady woods. P. VL E.S.I. 
[jlf. sctibrum (Merlet); pan. close, pales obtuse, st. scabrid, 1. short liuear- 
lanceolate.— J. 0/ xxxviii. (1900) p. 34, t. 406 B.— A small plant (in Guernsey 
1_4 in. high) slightly scabrid throughout. Pan. small with few short flexuoug 
nearly erect br. Glumes 3-veined.— Cliffs, Petit Hot, Guernsey. Mr C. R. I'. 
Andrews. A. IV.] 
