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92. GRAMINE.E. 
2. T. repens (L.) ; spikelets 4— 8-flovvered, glumes acute 
5 — 7-ribbed, outer pale acute, axis scabrous, rachis with rough 
angles, 1. flat roughish or hairy above, root creeping. — E. B. 909. 
P. 62. R. 1384 — 1388. — Hairs on the inner surface of the 1. in 
a single row upon each ridge. The outer j)ale often has an awn 
which is never more than half its length. Rachis glabrous or 
downy but always with small ascending rigid bristles on its angles. 
— /3. littorale{\luh.)-, spike distichous, spikelets lanceolate, rachis 
nearly or quite smooth glabrous, fl. awned, edges of 1. involute. 
— Common. (3. Sea-shores. P. VII. Couch-grass. 
3. T. junceurn (L.) ; spikelets 4 — 6-flowercd, glmnes obtuse 
6 — 11-ribbed, outer pale obtuse, axis smooth or slightly downy, 
rachis smooth, 1. involute finely and closely downy above, root 
creeping. — E. B. 814. R. 1394. P.63. — Spikelets distant. Rachis 
easily separating at the joints. — /3. ? scabrim {Buh.) ; spikelets 
approximate, axis downy, rachis slightly rough at the angles, 1. 
scabrous above with very numerous acute points. Probably a 
distinct sj)ecies, but I cannot identify it with the plants of con- 
tinental authors, and leave it for futm-e examination. — Sandy 
sea-shores. /3. Vazon Bay, Guernsey ; St. Brelade, Jersey. Rev. 
W. W. Newbould. P. VII. VIII. 
4. T. cristatum (Schreb.) ; spikelets A — b-^o-wci'cA closely im- 
bricated, glumes with a terminal awn, outer pale with an awn 
about as long as itself, rachis and axis slightly downy, 1. hairy- 
above, st. rough. — E. B. 2267- R. 1382. P. 61. — Known from 
our other species by its short closely imbricated spike. — “ On 
steep banks and rocks by the sea-side between Arbroath and 
Montrose.” Mr. G. Don. Now' lost? P. VII. S. 
4G. Lolium Linn. 
1. L. perenne (1 j.) -, spikelets 6 — 8-flowered, glume equalling 
the lowermost floret, outer jiale usually awnless, root producing 
leafy barren shoots : margins of young 1. simply folded. — E. B. 
315. R. 1346. P. 65. — St. 1 — 1| foot high, usually bent at the 
lower joints. Whole plant rather dark green . — $. aristatum ; 
outer pale with a long awn. — y. tenue-, spikelets few-flowered, 
1. slender. L. tenue L. — Sometimes the sj)ikelets become con- 
verted into branches ; occasionally the rachis is so much short- 
ened as to form a broad ovate close distichous spike. — Common. 
P. VI. Rye-grass. 
*2. L. italicum (A. Braun); spikelets 9 — 14-flow'ered, outer 
])ale w'ith a long awn, root with leafy barren shoots : margins of 
the young 1. involute . — Ij. perenne (several varieties) P. 138 — 
141. “ L. multiflorum (Lam.)” Koch, Bab. — St. numerous, 
straight, in close tufts, I.t — 3 feet high. Number of fl. variable. 
Whole plant, especially the spikelets, paler in colour than the 
