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|)i'cssi!(l -1 — S-ilowc'i'od, racliis terete, outer pale obtuse apicutate : 
midrib not rcachiuy to the apex, root stoloniferous. — Glyceria Sin., 
li. B. 11 10. R. ilill, 1()12. P.42. — Hoot tibrous with rooting 
or iiseending seions. L. involute ; the eentrul ridge on their upper 
surface strongly marked, the others faint. Anth. about 6 times 
as lony as broad. Outer pale with involute margins. Ligule 
bhmtish. — /3. hispida (Par.); st. eomjiressed, rachis furrowed on 
one side and as well as the branches of the jianicle rough. P. 90. 
— Sea-coast, in damp places. P. VI. VII. 
2. S. distans (Bab.); ])anicle branched, branches elongated ul- 
timately s])reading or deilexed lowermost in fours or lives, spike- 
lets linear 3 — (i-flowered, rachis semiterete rather Hat on one side, 
outer pale obtuse : midrib not reaching to the apex, root fibrous. 
— Glyceria Sm., E. R. 1609. P.41. — Root hbrous, 
without rooting scions. St. decumbent below. L. Hat, short, 
with 8 — 10 equally prominent ridges upon their iqiper surface. 
Ligule short and truncate. Margins of the outer pale not invo- 
lute. Spikelets and tl. half the size of those of the preceding. — 
obtusa (Par.) ; panicle more compound, spikelets about 7-flow- 
ered, outer pale truncate and broader, ligule shorter. P. 96 and 97. 
— Sandy sea-shores. Leicestershire. P. VI. — VIII. 
3. S. Borreri (Bab.) ; panicle branched, branches idtimately 
erect-patent lowermost generally in fours, spikelets linear 4 — 7- 
11., rachis terete, outer pale with a rigid apiculus formed by the 
extremity of the dorsal nerve, root caispitose. — Glyceria E. B. S. 
2797 (1837). P. 98. G. remota Fries (1839).— St. 6—12 in. 
high. L. short, Hat, with very long sheaths. Ligule short, trun- 
cate. Margins of the outer pale not involute. Sjiikelets and H. 
half the size of those of S. maritima and S. procumbens. Branches 
of the panicle short, scarcely elongated after flowering, hispid. — 
Muddy salt marshes. P. VI. E. 
4. S. procumbens (Beauv.); panicle ovate-lanceolate compact 
distichous rigid, spikelets linear-lanceolate of about 4 11., rachis 
angular, outer pale obtuse with an apiculus formed by the ex- 
tremity of the dorsal nerve, root fibrous. — Glyceria Sm., E. B. 
532. R. 1517. P- 42. — St. procumbent, (rarely when growing in 
water erect,) rigid. L. flat, with inflated sheaths. Panicle about 
2 in. long, with very short rigid branches spreading in 2 rows. 
FI. large. — Salt marshes. A. VII. VIII. 
** Glumes with only one rib. 
5. S.rigida (Link); panicle lanceolate rigid distichous, spike- 
lets linear acute of 7 — If* H-, outer pale obtuse with a mucro, 
upper glume reaching to the base of the third 11., root fibrous. — 
Glyceria Sm., E. P.1371. R. 1518. P. 43. — St. slender, wiry, 
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