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98. GRAMINE^. 
Tribe XI. Festucece. 
31. Siegling'ia Bernh. (Triodia, E. Br.). Heath-grass. 
1. ;S'. c^ecwm'6e»ts (Bernh.) ; pan. racemose, spikelets few oval, 
fl. about 4 scarcely extending beyond the glumes without awns. 
—E. B. 792. P. 30. -St. 6—12 in. high. L. flat. Sheaths 
rather hairy. Ligule a tuft of hairs. Spikelets few, 1 — 7. 
Gl. smooth, coriaceous. Lower pale with 3 points, 5-ribbed, 
hairy at the base. — Dry places and heaths. P. VII. E. S. I. 
32. Koele'eia Pei's. Crested Hair-grass. 
1. K. cristdta (Pers.) ; pan. compact spikelike interrupted 
below, lower pale acute, 1. narrow rough at the edges ciliate. — 
Aira L., E. B. 648. P. 19. — Boot crowned with the undivided 
sheaths of the old leaves. St. 6 — 18 in. high, downy particularly 
in the upper part. L., gl. and pales downy or glabrous. Gl. 
finely toothed on the keel. Lower pale finely toothed on the 
midrib. Sometimes the 1. become convolute (A', albescens DC.?). 
In dry places the 1. fall short of the St., in damper they are long 
and often nearly equal it. — [Forms with shorter involute 1., slender 
interrupted spikes and less hairy gl., have been referred to K. gracilis (Pers.).] — 
Dry pastures. A large form on Ben Bulben, Co. Sligo. P. 
VI. vn. E. S. I. 
33. Mel'ica Linn. em. Beauv. Melic. 
1. M. unijlora (Retz.) ; pan. branched slightly drooping, 
spikelets erect with 1 perfect glabrous fl., gl. equalling pales, 
1. flat, liqule short blunt icith a slender acuminate lobe on one 
side.— ^. B. 1058. P. 18. M. nutans (Huds. not L.).— Shady 
and rocky woods. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 
2. M. nutans (L.) ; pan. a nearly simple lax secund raceme, 
spikelets drooping with 2 perfect glabrous fl., gl. falling short 
of pales, 1. flat, ligule short blunt.— E. B. 1059. P. 18. 21. 
montana (Huds.). — Damp shady woods in hilly districts. P. 
V. VI. E. S. 
34. Molin'ia Schrank. 
1. J/, coerulea (Moench) ; pan. erect long narrow, spikelets 
1 — 3-fl., lower pale 3-veined awnless, upper part of the st. 
naked.— B. 750. P. 20. M. vdria (Schrank).— St. 1—2 
feet high, with only one knot placed near to its base. 
