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97. GEAMINE^. 
6. EjNAPP'lA Sm. 
1. Kagrostid'ea (Sm.). — E.B.1127. P. 73. Stumia minima 
Hoppe in St. 7. 1. Chamagrostis Koch. Mibora vema R. — An 
elegant but very small grass. Eoot small, tibrous. St. many. 
L. short, rough. Spikes slender ; spikelets 5 — 10, sessile. Pale 
shorter than the glumes, hairy, truncate, ragged. MHora 
(Adans.) is the oldest name, but I have thought it better to fol- 
low Smith. — Sandy maritime pastm-es, rare. A. III. — V. E. 
Tribe III. Phalarideee. 
7. Phal'aeis Linn. Reed-grass. 
[P. canarim'sis (L.); pan. ovate spikelike, gl. winged on the 
keel, wing entire, rudimentary fl. 2 hjuf as long as the fertile fl., 
pales pilose.— i:. B. 1310. P. 9.— St. 1—2 feet high, ending in 
a compact compoimd panicle. Gl. large, pale yellow variegated 
with green lines and remarkably winged at the back. — Scarcely 
naturalized. A, VII. Cananj-grass.'\ E. S. I. 
[P. paradox'a (L.) ; pan. spikelike, gl. of fertile fl. with a 
blunt toothed wing on the keel many-veined, rudimentary fl. 
several much shorter. — St. decimibent below, then ascending, 
1 — 3 ft. high, branched. Lower part of pan. usually barren ; 
branches with about 6 spikes.— Swanage, Dorset. A. Vll.] E. 
1. P. arundindcea (L.) ; pan. upright with spreading branches, 
fl. clustered, gl. not ivinged, rudimentary fl. 1 or 2 small hairy. 
—E. B. 402. P. 9.— St. 4—^ feet high. Creeping. Pan. 3—4 
in. long. Gl. keeled. L. sometimes variegated with white lines. 
—By water. P. VI. VH, E. S. I. 
8. Anthoxan'thttm Linn. Vernal-grass. 
1. A. odordtum (L.) ; pan. spikelike oblong compound, gl. 
about as long as the awns. — i'. B. G47. P. 8. — About a foot 
high. Spike lanceolate, den.se, or rather interrupted below. — 
Very common in pastures. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 
9. Hiebochlo'b 6mel, Holy-grass. 
1. H. boredlis (R. & S.) ; pan. divaricate, pedicels glabrous, 
fl. awnless, 1. flat.— ^. B. S. 2641. P. 31.— About a foot high. 
Spikelets ovate, brown. — Glen KeUa or Cally, Forfarshire. Mr. 
G. Bon. Thurso, Caithness. Mr. R. Dick. P. VII. S. 
Tribe IV. Phleinece. 
10. Phze'ttm Linn. Cat's-tail-grass. 
[1. P. as'periim (Jacq.) ; pan. cylindrical, gl. wedgeshaped 
