396 
97. GRAMINE^. 
E. B. 1189. P. 13 & 14.— St. procumbent and rooting- below, 
then erect, often with long prostrate stoles. Sheaths roughish. 
Pan. spreading with flowers, afterwards close. Pedicels very 
much toothed. Florets rarely awned. — jS. subrepens; st. pro- 
cumbent, rooting at the knots, panicle lobed. E. B. 1532. — 
Fields, &c. /3. Sea-sands. P. Vil. Fiorin-grass. E. ,S. I. 
22. Lagu'rus Linn. Hare's-tail- grass. 
[i. ovdtus (L-y-E. B. 1334. P. 88.— St. 4—12 in. high. L. 
broad, lanceolate. Spikes ovate, soft, with long protmded awns, 
— Sandy places in Guernsey. A. VI. VII.] 
23. Polypo'gon Desf. 
1. P. mompelieti'sis (Desf.) ; awns more than twice as long as 
the bluntly and shortly lobed glumes. — E. B. 1704. P. 11. — 
Root fibrous. St. a foot or more high. Pan. dense, lobed, pale, 
silkj', often 2 in. long. Gl. linear, hairy. A most beautiful 
grass. — Salt marshes. A. VI. VII. E. S. 
2. P. littordlis (Sm.) ; awns as long as the acute glumes. — 
E. B. 1251. P. 81. R. vii. 75.— Somewhat creeping. St. a foot 
or more high. Pan. close, lobed, purplish. Gl. linear-lanceo- 
late. — Muddy salt marshes, rare. P. VI. VII. E. 
24. GASTEiD'rcTM Pal. de Beauv. Nit-grass. 
1. G. lendig'erum (Gaud.) ; gl. lanceolate acxmiinate, lower 
pale awned, awn rather exceeding the glumes. — E. B. 1107. 
P. 86. — St. 3 — 12 in. high. L. roughish at the edges. Ligule 
oblong. Pan. close, almost spiked, lobed. Gl. remarkably ven- 
tricose and shining at the base. Pales very small. — Damp places 
especially near the sea, rare. P. VI. — IX. E. 
Tribe X. Avenece. 
25. Hoi'cus Linn. Soft-grass. 
1. H. landtus (L.) ; upper gl. blunt apiculate, awn smooth 
except near the tip idtimately curved like a fish-hook and in- 
cluded within the glumes, sheaths and knots \illose. — E. B. 
1169. P. 21.— Root fibrous. Height 1—2 feet. Knots not hairy. 
Inflorescence panicled, often pinkish. Gl. rou^h. Lower fl. 
awnless, quite smooth or slightly rough at the pomt. — ^Meadows 
and pastmes. P. VII. E. S. I. 
2. H. tnol'lis (L.) ; upper gl. acute, awn rough throughout 
ultimately kneed protniding beyond the glumes, L rough, sheaths 
