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98. GRAMINEJE. 
faint. Anth. about 6 times as long as broad. Lower pale with 
involute edges. Ligule bluntish. — (9. hispida (Parn.) ; st. 
compressed, rachis furrowed on one side and as well as the 
pan. -branches rough. P. 99. — [7. ripana (Towns.); more slender, 
spikelets fewer, lower gl. equalling or exceeding middle of lowest fl. on same side, 
2. S. Bor'reri (Bab.); pan. branched, branches ultimately 
erect-patent lowermost generally in fours, spikelets linear 4 — 7- 
fl., rachis terete, lower pale with a rigid apictdns formed by (he 
tip of the dorsal vein, caespitose. — Glyceria, Bab., E. B. S. 2797 
(1837). F. 98. G. conferta Fries (1839).— St. 6—12 in. high. 
Xo stoles. L. short, flat, with very long sheaths. Ligule short, 
truncate. Edges of the lower pale not involute. Spikelets and 
fl. half the size of those of .S'. maritima and S. procumbe)is. 
Pan. -branches short, scarcely elongated after flowering, hispid. 
—Muddy salt marshes. P. VI.— VIII. E. I. 
3. »S'. rupes'tris (Rend. & Br.) ; pan. ovate-lanceolate compact 
distichous rigid, spikelets linear-lanceolate of about 4 fl., rachis 
angular, lower pale blunt with an apiculus formed by the tip 
of the dorsal vein, root fibrous.— B. 532. P. 42. Poa 
procumbens (Curt.) Glyceria (Dum.) Festuca (Kunth.).— St. 
procumbent (rarely erect when growing in water), rigid. 
L. flat, with inflated sheaths. Pan. about 2 in. long, with 
very short rigid branches spreading in two rows. Fl. large. — 
4. .S". dis'tans (Bab.) ; pan. branched, branches long ulti- 
mately spreading or deflexe'd lowermost in fours or fives, spike- 
lets linear 3 — 5-flowered, rachis semiterete rather flat on one 
side, loiverpale blunt, midrib not reaching to the tip, rootfbrous. 
—E. B. 986. P. 41. Glyceria Wahl.— Without rooting stoles. 
St. decumbent below. L. flat, short, with S — 10 equally pro- 
minent ridges upon their upper surface. Ligule short and trun- 
cate. Edges of lower pale not involute. Spikelets and fl. half 
the size of those of the preceding. — S. obtusa (Parn.) : pan. 
more compound, spikelets about 7-flowered, lower pale truncate 
and broader, ligule shorter. F. 96 ifc 97. — [var. pseudo-pTmim'bens 
(W.-Dod), with subunilateral pan. with fewer shorter stifler ascending pan.-br., 
larger greener and more strongly-ribbed pales, is apparently a hybrid with Sp. 3. 
A quite prostrate form with ascending pan.-br. is var. prostrata (Beeby).] — 
Sea-shores and waste sandy places. /3. Leicestershire. P. 
Muddy sea-shores. A. VI. VII. 
E. S. 
t+ Panicle regular. 
VI.-VIII. 
E. S. I. 
