POLYl’OGON. AGllOSTIS. 
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1 1 . I’OLYI'OGON Desf. 
1. P. monspc-llensi.s (Desf.); setae more than twice as Ion" as 
the rather obtuse glumes. — E. B. P- H- — Hoot fibrous. 
St. 1 — l.i foot high. Panicle dense, lohed, pale, silky, often 2 
in. long. Glumes linear, hairy. A most beautiful grass. — Salt 
marshes. A. VI. VII. E. S. 
2. P. Uttoralis (Sm.) ; setae equalling the acute glumes. — E. B. 
1251. P. 81. — Root somewhat creeping. St. about afoot high. 
Pauicle close, lohed, ])urplish. Glumes linear-lanceolate. — Muddy 
salt marshes, rare. P. VI. VII. E. 
12. Milium Linn. 
1. M. effusum (L.) ; panicle diffuse, pales acute, st. smooth, 
1. lanceolate-linear. — E.B. 1106. R. 1456. P. 17. — Root fibrous 
with scions. St. 3 — i feet high. Branches of the panicle long, 
in distant alternate tufts, in flower horizontal, afterwards deflexed. 
— Damp shady woods. P. VI. 
13. Agrostis Linn. Bent-grass. 
1. A. setacea {Cmt.) ; panicle close oblong, branches and 
pedicels scabrous, glumes unequal acute : outer without lateral 
ribs, outer jiale erose at the top 4-ribbed : lateral ribs termi- 
nating in short setae, ami from the base of the pale and twice 
its length, 1. setaceous, sheaths rough, ligule oblong acute. — E. B. 
1188. P. 83. — Root tufted. L. short, involute, almost capillaiy. 
Branches of the panicle short. Midrib of outer glume scabrous 
in its upper half, slightly excurrent at the apex. Inner pale very 
minute with a tuft of hairs at its base ; outer erose at the top. — 
Dry heaths in the south-west. P. VII. E. 
2. A. canina (L.) ; panicle spreading when in flower otherwise 
close, branches and pedicels scabrous, glumes unequal acute ; 
outer without lateral ribs, outer pale erose at the top 4-ribbed, 
awn from below the middle and longer than the pale, lower 1. 
setaceous tufted, stem 1. narrow, sheaths smooth, ligule oblong 
acute. — E.B. 1856. P. 15. — Root creeping and tufted with trail- 
ing leafy shoots. St. decumbent belowq then erect. L. narrow; 
radical involute. Branches of the panicle long, slender. FI. 
tinged with purple or green. Outer glume not erose at the top ; 
midrib scabrous from rather below the middle. Inner jiale 0, or 
very minute. The awn is sometimes very short or rarely absent. 
—Peaty heaths. P. VII. VIII. 
3. A. vulgaris (With.); panicle spreading during and after 
flowering, glumes nearly equal : outer toothed on the upper part 
of the keel, ligule short truncate. — E. B. 1671. P. 12. 13. — St. 
long, ascending or decumbent below and rooting at the joints. 
