492 
98. GKAMINE^. 
23. Polypo'gon Desf. 
1. P. moiispelien'sis (Desi.) ; awns more than twice as long 
as the bluntly and shortly lobed glumes. — E. B. 1704. P. 11. — 
Root fibrous. St. a foot or more high. Pan. dense, lobed, 
pale, silky, often 2 in. long. Gl. linear, hairy. A most beauti- 
ful grass. — Salt marshes, rare. — A. VI. VII. E. S. 
2. P. lit'toralis (Sm.) ; awns as long as the acute glumes. — 
E. B. 1251. P. 81. R. vii. 75.— Somewhat creeping. St. a 
foot or more high. Pan. close, lobed, purplish. / Gl. linear- 
lanceolate. — [Considered by Duval-Jouve and others a hybrid between Sp- 1 
and AgrosHs alba.'] — Muddy Salt marshcs, rare. P. VI. VII. E. 
24. GASTRro'iuM Beauv. Nit-grass. 
1. G. ventric6sum (Schinz & Thell.) ; gl. lanceolate acuminate, 
lower pale awned, awn rather exceeding the glumes. — (t. 
lendigerum (Gaud.). E. B. 1107. P. 86.— St. 3—12 in. high. 
— L. roughish at the edges. Ligule oblong. Pan. close, almost 
spiked, lobed. GL remarkahly ventricose ^and shining at the 
base. Pales very small.— Damp places especially near the sea, 
rare. A. VI.— IX. E. 
Tribe X. Avencce. 
25. Hol'cxjs Linn. em. Beauv. Soft-grass. 
1. //. landtus (L.) ; upper gl. blunt apiculate, awn smooth 
except near the tip ultimately curved like a fish-hook and in- 
cluded within the glumes, sheaths and knots villose. — E. B. 1169. 
P. 21. — Caespitose. Root fibrous. Height 1 — 2 feet. Knots 
not hairy. Inflorescence panicled, often pinkish. Gl. rough. 
Lower fl. awnless, quite smooth or slightly rough at the point. 
— Meadows and pastures. P. VII. Yorkshire Fog. E. S. I. 
2. H. mol'lis (L.) ; upper gl. acute, awn rough throughout 
ultimately kneed protruding beyond the glumes, 1. rough, 
sheaths glabrous, knots bearded. — E. B. 1170. P. 21 & 22. — 
Creeping. Height 1 — 2 feet. St. and 1. subglabrous or slightly 
hairy. Inflorescence not so compact as in the preceding, 
whitish. Gl. smooth. Lower fl. awnless ; but sometimes it 
has an awn ; rarely the upper is perfect. Occasionally the 
spikelets are much smaller and the plant only 12 — 18 in. 
high. — ^Thickets or open places on a light soil. P. VII. 
