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erect. L. nearly flat, acute. Panicle 1 — 2 in. long, nearly simple. 
Outer pale obsoletely nerved. FI. small. — Dry places. A. VI. 
fl. S. loliacea (Woods) ; panicle racemose narrow rigid secund, 
spikelcts oblong of 8 — 12 fl., outer pale obtuse with a mucro, 
upper glume reacbing to the base of the fourtb fl., root fibrous. 
— Triticum Sm., E. B.22\. R. 1,370. P.43. — St. stout, slightly 
curved, ascending. L. flat, convolute when dry. Spikelets usually 
solitary, alternate, all directed to one side ; footstalks very short 
and stout. Marginal nerve of the outer pale broad and strong. 
Very ditterent in appearance from the preceding but difficult to 
distiugiush on paper.— Sandy sea-coast. A. VI. VII. 
38. Briza Liti7i. 
1. B. minor (L.); spikelets triangular of about 7 fl-, glumes 
longer than the lowermost ji., panicle diffuse, ligule elongate lan- 
ceolate acute. — E. B. 1316. R. 1663. P. 101. — St. very slender, 
about 1 foot bigh. Spikelets pale green. Outer jrale roundish- 
cordate cartilaginous and very gibbous in the middle of the back. 
— Dry and sandy fields in the extreme south. A. VII. E. 
2. B. media (L.); spikelets broadly ovate of about 5 fl., 
glumes shorter than the lowermost jl., ])aniele diffuse, ligule trun- 
cate very short. — E. B. 340. R. 1665. P.,30. — St. slender, erect, 
1 — Lj foot high. Panicle light and elegant, with slender branches. 
Spikelets usually pm-plish. L. linear-acuminate. Outer pale 
oblong, cartilaginous, but not gibbous on tbe back. — I found a 
form of this plant near Bath with the ligule elongate and obtuse. 
— Pastures. P. VI. Quaking-grass. 
39. Cynosures Linn. 
1 . C. cristatus (L.) ; raceme spikelike linear, fl. with a very short 
awn. — E. B. 316. R. 1351. P. 28. — Well marked by its unilateral 
s])ike and curious crested appendage to tbe spikelets. — Pastures. 
P. VIII. Crested Dog's-tail-grass. 
2. C. echinatus (L.); raceme contracted close ovate, fl. with 
awns about as long as the pales. — E. B. 1333. R. 1349, 1350. 
P. 28 and 129. — St. erect, 1 — 2 feet high. Scales of the append- 
age with long ])oints. — Sandy ])laees in the extreme soutb, very 
rare. Guernsey and Jersey. A. VII. E. ? 
40. Dacty'lis Linn. 
1. D. glomerata (L.); panicle distantly branched, branches 
bearing ovate clusters of spikelets, st. erect, 1. linear flat with 
scabrous margins, root crespitose not creeping. — E. B. 335. R. 
1523. P. 29. — A coarse well-known grass. Panicle usually with 
long spreading or divaricated branches each bearing an ovate 
