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than the pale, awn from just below the middle of the pale and 
scarcely extending beyond it, anth. short and broad, upper 1. as 
long as its sheath. — E. B. 1467. P- 5. — St. 1 — 2 feet long, pro- 
cumbent below. Ligule oblong. Spikes 2 — 3 in. long. Anth. 
at first white, afterwards orange-coloured. — AVet margins of 
ponds. P. VI. — IX. E. S. 
5. A. hulhosus (L.) ; st. erect smooth, panicle cylindrical acu- 
minate, glumes distinct abruptly acute downy longer than the 
jiale, awn from near the base of the pale and projecting half its 
length beyond it. — E. B. 1249. — Root fibrous. St. 1 foot high, 
the lowermost joint forming an ovate fleshy tuber. Upper sheath 
inflated, longer than its leaf. Ligule oblong. Pale when laid 
open truncate emarginate with a small tooth in the middle. 
Styles combined. Panicles about an in. long, less decidedly 
racemose than in our other species, jjedicels usually I -flowered.— 
Salt marshes in the south, rare. P. VI. E. S. 
6. A. agrestis (L.) ; st. erect scabrous upwards, panicle taper- 
ing slender, glumes acute connected below nearly glabrous, awn 
from near the base of the pale and projecting half its length 
beyond it. — E. B. 848. R. 1473. P. 3. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, 
slender. Sheaths roughish, upjier one longer than its leaf. Ligule 
prominent, obtuse. Glumes glabrous but with a row offline short 
cilia on the back. Styles combined. — A very troublesome weed. 
A. VII. E. S.? 
9. Knappia Sm. 
1. K. agrostidea (Sm.). — E. B. 1127. P. 73. Sturmia minima 
Hoppe in St. 7- L Chamagrostis Koch. Mibora verna R. 1405. 
— All elegant but very small grass. Root small, fibrous. St. nu- 
merous. L. short, rough. Sjiikes slender ; spikelets 5 — 10, 
sessile, from one side of the rachis, but still rather alternate. 
Pale sliorter than the glumes, hairy, truncate, ragged. Mibora 
(Adans.) is the oldest name, but I have thought it better to fol- 
low Smith. — Sandy maritime pastures, rare. A. III. — V. E. 
Tribe IV. Agrostidece. 
10. Gastridium Pal. de Beauv. 
1. G. lendigerum (Gaud.) ; glumes lanceolate acuminate, outer 
pale awned, awn rather longer than the glumes. — E. B. 1107. 
P. 86. R. 1418. — St. 3 — 12 in. high. L. roughish at the edges. 
Ligule oblong. Panicle close, almost spiked, lobed. Glumes 
remarkably ventricose and shining at the base. Pales very small. 
—AVet places near the sea, rare. A. A' II. E. 
