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rougkish. Ligule prominent, blunt. Gl. glabrous, but with a 
row of fine short cilia on the hack. Styles combined. — A very 
troublesome weed. A. IV. — XI. Black-grass. E. I. 
Tribe V. Sesleriece. 
12. Sesle'eia Scop. Moor-grass. 
1. S. ccsntlea (Scop.); raceme ovate slightly 1-sided, outer 
pale ending in 4 teeth, midrib rough with a short excurrent 
point, 1. abrupt with a minute rough point. — E. B. 1613. P. 27. 
— Roots tufted. St. 6 — 12 in. high. Raceme about 5 in. long, 
bluish piu^ile. Anth. pui-ple-tipped. Stig. very long, linear. — 
Mountains. Banks of the Shannon. P. IV. V. E. S. I. 
Tribe VI. Nardece. 
13. Nae'dus Li7in. Mat-grass. 
1. N. stric'ta {h.).—E. B. 290. P. 2.— Tufted. St. and 1. 
erect, slender, rigid. Height 5 — 8 in. Spike close, slender. 
Lower pale with a short rough awn, coriaceous, often purplish ; 
upper membranous. — Moors and heaths. P. Vtl. E. S. I. 
Suborder II. Euryanthece. Tribe VII. Oryzea. 
14. Leers'ia Soland. 
1. L. oryzoides (Sw.) ; pan. patent with wavy branches, 
spikelets 3-androus half-oval, keel ciliate. — E. B. S. 2908. — 
Creeping. St. 1 — 2 ft. high. L. broad, rough-edged; upper- 
most horizontal at the floweiing season. Pan. rarely protruded 
in this coimtry, mostly inclosed in the sheath of the uppermost 
leaf. — Marsh-ditches in Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire. P. 
VIII. IX. E. 
Tribe VIII. Stipacece. 
15. Sti'pa Linn. Feather-grass. 
[jS. penndta (L.) ; awn very long twisted feathery its base 
glabrous. — E. B. 1356. — Remarkably long awns. Common in 
gardens. — Long Sleadale, Westm. DUlenius. P. VI.] E. 
16. MiL'rDM Linn. Millet-grass. 
1. M. effiisum (L.); pan. diffuse, pales acute, st. smooth, 1. 
lanceolate-linear. — E. B. 1106. P. 17. — Stoloniferous. St. 
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