SLTCERIA. 
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webbed fl., Imcer pale with 5 prominent veins but only 3 hairy, 
upper sheatli much longer than its leaf, ligule prominent blunt. 
—i:. B. 1063. P. 31— 34.— Very variable in size. St. and sheaths 
nearly always smooth. Fl. strongly webbed. — /3. suhcartdea ; 
spikelets broader, 1. broad and short, upper 1. compressed rounded 
at the end behind. E. B. 1004. — y. angiistifolia ; spikelets small, 
1. slender lonsr, lower 1. involute. — ^Common. P. VI. \T[. 
E. S. I. 
12. P. comprcs'sa (L.) ; pan. erect or slightly unilateral spread- 
ing when in flower otherwise close, spikelets ovate or oblong- 
ovate of 5—7 bhmt slightly webbed fl., lower pale S-veined, veins 
hainj, upper sheath about as long as its leaf, ttppermost knot at 
ahoiit the middle of the stem, ligide short truncate. — E. B. 365. 
P. 37 & 90.— decumbent at the base, then erect, very much 
compressed, 1 — li ft. high. — Sometimes the fl. are free, pales 
have 2 faint interm. veins, uppermost knot is higher, and the 
ligide rather more prominent. It is then the P. palynoda (PamO 
P. 91— 93.— Dry situations. P. "VH. E. S. I. 
36. Gltce'ria B. Br. 
1. G. aquat'ica (Sm.) ; pan. erect repeatedly branched spread- 
ing, branches rough, spikelets linear oblong of 5 — 10 fl., lower 
pale blunt, 1. smooth with terete sheaths. — E. B. 1315. P. 44. 
— -Creeping. St. 3 — 6 ft. high, smooth, slightly compressed. 
Sheaths very long. L. long, rough on the edges and keel, never 
floating. Ligule short. Pan. lar^e ; branches angular, slender, 
branched. — Watery places. P. VII. E. S. I. 
2. G. Jlicitam (R. Br.); pan. secund slightly branched very 
long, branches neai'ly simple roughish, spikelets linear of 7 — 12 
adpressed lanceolate-oblong acute fl., lower pale nearly thrice as 
long as broad, sheaths compressed.— P. 95. — St. a.scending, root- 
ing below, or floating. Sheaths nearly smooth, striate. L. pale 
green, acute, often floating. Ligule long. Pan. very long, often 
nearly simple ; branches without callosities, ascending, lower- 
most usually in pairs. Spikelets adpressed. Lower pale rather 
the shorter, with a triangular central point. Anthers about 5 
times as long as broad, purple, pale yellow when empty.— Watery 
places. P. \T:.— IX. Flote-grass. ' E. S. I. 
3. G. jilicdta (Fries^ ; pan. compound, branches compoimd 
nearly smooth erect with flowers divaricate with fruit, spikelets 
linear of 7 — 20 oval-oblong rather acute fl., loiver pale twice as 
lotig as broad, sheaths compressed. — P. vii. 79. G.Jluitans Sm., 
E. B. 1520. P. 45. — St. ascending, rooting below. Sheaths 
rough, furrowed. L. glaucous, bluntish, plicate when young. 
Ligule shorter. Pan. much branched; branches with callosi- 
ties at the base, lowermost about in fives. Lower pale with 3 
