SCLEROCHLOA. — CATABKOSA. 
503 
** Glumes 1- {rarely 3-) veined. 
5. S. rig'ida (Link) ; pan. lanceolate rigid distichous, spike- 
lets linear acute of 7 — 10 fl., lower pale blunt with a mucro, 
upper gl. reaching to the base of the third fl., root fibrous. — 
Festuca Kunth. Glyceria Sm., E. B. 1371. P. 43.— St. slender, 
wiry, erect. L. nearly flat, acute. Pan. 1 — 2 in. long, nearly 
simple. Lower pale faintly veined. Fl. small. — Dry places. 
A. VI. E. S. I. 
6. S. lolidcea (Woods) ; pan. racemose narrow rigid secund, 
spikelets oblong of 8 — 12 fl., lower paie blunt with a mucro, 
upper gl. reaching to the base of the fourth fl., root fibrous. — 
Trlticum Sm., E. B. 221. P. 43. Festuca i^ottboellioides 
Xunth. — St. stout, slightly curved, ascending, 2 — 6 in. long. 
L. flat, convolute when dry. Spikelets usually solitary, 
alternate, all directed to one side ; footstalks very short and 
stout. Lower pale with well-marked marginal veins.— Sandy 
sea-coa.sts. A. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
38. Bei'za Linn. em. Beauv. Quaking-grass. 
1. B. minor (L.) ; spikelets triangular of about 7 fl., yl. ex- 
ceeding the lowest fl., pan. difi'use, ligule long lanceolate acute. 
—E. B. 1316. P." 101.— St. very slender, about 1 foot high. 
Spikelets pale green. Lower pale roundish cordate, cartila- 
ginous, very gibbous in the middle of the back. — Dry and 
sandy fields in the South-west. A. VII. E. 
2. B. media (L.) ; spikelets broadly ovate of about .3 fl., gl. 
falling short of the loivest fl., pan. diffuse, ligule trwncate very 
short.— E. B. 340. P. 30.— St. slender erect, 1— li foot high. 
Panicle light and elegant, with slender branches. Spikelets 
usually purplish. L. linear-acuminate. Lower pale roundish 
oval, cartilaginous, not gibbous. — Pastures. P. VI. E. S. I. 
[ B. max ima (L.) with few very large ovate many-flowered spikelets is naturalised 
in Guernsey.] 
39. Catabeo'sa Beauv. 
1. C. aquat'ica (Beauv.) ; pan. long-pyramidal with half- 
whorls of patent branches, lower pale 3-ribbed, 1. broad linear 
blunt. — E. B. 1557. P. 20. — Creeping. St. long, procumbent 
or floating below. L. flat. Pan. -branches in alternate threes 
or fives. Spikelets usually 2- (or 3 — 5-) flowered. Gl. very 
thin, often purplish. Fl. distant. — /3. t/dnor (Bab.) ; st. 2 — 3 
in. high, spikelets mostly 1-flowered. — Ponds and ditches. 
/3. Wet sea-sands. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
