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92. GRAMINE^. 
Tribe XL Festucinece. 
31. Kceleria Pers. 
1. K. cristata (Pers.); panicle compact spikelike interrupted 
below, outer pale aeute 3-ribbed, 1. narrow rough at the edges 
ciliated. — Aira Sm., E. B. 648. R. 1669. P. 19. — Root crowned 
with the undivided sheaths of the old leaves. St. 6 — 18 in. high, 
downy ])articxdarly in the ujxper jxart. L. rough and ciliated at 
the edges, otherwise glabrous ; or together with the sheaths vil- 
lose. Glumes and pales glabrous or dowmy; glumes minutely 
toothed at the keel ; outer ])ale minutely toothed on the midrib. 
Sometimes the 1. become convolute when dry. In di-y places 
the 1. are much shorter than the st., in damjier jxlaces elongated 
and often nearly equalling the stem. — Dry pastures. A large 
form on damp ledges on Ben Bulben. I. P. VI. VII. 
32. Melica Linn. 
1. M. unijlora (Retz.); panicle branched slightly ch’oojxing, 
spikelets erect with 1 perfect glabrous tl., l.dat, ligule short ob- 
tuse with a slender acuminate lobe on one side. — E. B. 1058. 
R. 13/6. P. 18. Shady and rocky woods. P. VI. 
2. M. nutans (L.) ; jxanicle a nearly simple lax secund raceme, 
spikelets pendidous with 2 perfect glabrous fl., 1. flat, ligule short 
obtuse. — E. B. 1059. R. 1577. P. 18. — Damp shady woods. 
P. V. VI. 
33. Molinia Schrank. 
1. M. carulea (Moench) ; paniele erect elongate narrow, 
spikelets 1 — 3-fl., outer pale 3- (rarely 5-) nerved awnless, up- 
per part of the st. naked. — E. B. 750. R. 1606. P. 20. — St. 
1 — 2 feet high. L. long, linear, attenuated. — /3. depavperata ; 
sjxikelets 1-fl. few, outer pale often but not constantly 5-nerved. 
M. depavperata Lindl., P. 19. — Wet heaths. Alpine situa- 
tions. P. VII. VIII. 
34. Catabrosa Pal. de Beauv. 
1. C. aquatica (Presl); panicle equal with half-whorls of pa- 
tent branches, 1. broadly linear obtuse. — E. B. 1557. P. 20. — 
Cree])ing. St. long, procumbent or floating below. L. flat, 
broad. Branches of the panicle sjxringing in threes or fives from 
alternate sides of the raehis. Spikelets usually 2- (sometimes 
3 — 5-) flowered. Glumes very thin, often tinged with jxurple. 
PI. distant. — (H- niinor ; st. 2 — 3 in. high, spikelets mostly 1- 
flowered. — Ponds and tlitchcs. /3. Wet sands. P. VI. VII. 
