404 
97. GRAJimE^. 
teeth at the end. Anth. about 3 times as long as broad, cream- 
coloured, fuscous when empty. — /3. G. pedicelhta (Towns.) ; 
pan.-branches simple roughish,'spikelets of 9 — 12 blunt florets. 
L. more acute, simply folded when young. Lowermost pan.- 
branches about in threes. Anth. about 4 times as long as broad, 
vellow when young. A. A. H. ser. 2. v. 105. — Stagnant water 
and wet places. P. VI.— \T:n. E. S. ? I. 
37. Scleeochlo'a Pal. de Beauv. 
* Ghanes toith 3 rieim. 
1. S. marit'ima (Lindl.) ; pan. branched, lowermost branches 
in paira or simple, branches idtimately erect, spikelets linear ad- 
pressed 4 — 8-flowered, rachis terete, lower pale blunt apicuhte, 
midrib reaching the tip, stoloniferous.—Glgceria Sm., 1140. 
P. 42. — Root fibrous with rooting or ascending stoles. L. in- 
volute ; the central ridge on their upper surface strongly marked, 
the others faint. Antn. about 6 times as long as broad. Lower 
pale with involute edges. Ligule bluntish. — jS. hispida (Pam.) ; 
st. compressed, rachis furrowed on one side and as well as the 
pan.-branches rough. P. 99. — Sea-coast, in damp places. P. 
Yi. vn. E. S. I. 
2. S. dis'tans (Bab.); pan. branched, branches long ulti- 
mately spreading or deflexed lowermost in foiu-s or fives, spike- 
lets linear 3 — 6-llowered, rachis semiterete rather flat on one side, 
loicer ]>ale blunt, midrib not reaching to tlie tip, root Jibrous. 
— Ghjceria Sm., E. B. 986. P. 41. — Without rooting stoles. 
St. decumbent below. L. flat, short, with 8 — 10 equally pro- 
minent ridges upon their upper sui-face. Ligule short and trun- 
cate. Edges of lower pale not involute. Spikelets and fl. half 
the size of those of the preceding. — /3. obtusa (Pam.) ; pan. 
more compound, spikelets about 7-flowered, lower pale truncate 
and broader, ligfule shorter. P. 96 & 97. — Sea-shores and waste 
sandy places. jS. Leicestershire. P. W. — Vill. E. S. I. 
3. S. Bor'reri (Bab.)j pan. branched, branches ultimately 
erect-patent lowermost generally in fours, spikelets linear 4 — 7- 
fl., rachis terete, laicer pale with a rigid aptctdus formed by the 
tip of the dorsal vein, csespitose. — Glyceria E. B. S. 2797 (1837). 
P. 98. G. conferta Fries (18;39).— St. 6—12 in. high. L. short, 
flat, with veiy long sheaths. Ligule short, truncate. Ed^es 
of the lower pale not involute. Spikelets and fl. half the size 
of those of S. maritima and S. procumbens. Pan.-branches 
short, scarcely elongated after flowering, hispid. — Muddy salt 
marshes. P. VI.— Vm. E. I. 
4. S. jtrocum'bens (Beauv.); pan. ovate-lanceolate compact 
distichous rigid, spikelets linear-lanceolate of about 4 fl., rachis 
