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angular, lower pale blimt with an apicxilus foi-med by the tip of 
the dorsal vein, root fibrous. — Glycma Sra., E.B. 532. P. 42. — 
St. procumbent (rarely when g^-owing in water erect), rigid. L. 
flat, with inflated sheaths. Pan. about 2 in. long, with very short 
rigid branches spreading in 2 rows. Fl. large. — Muddv sea- 
shores. A. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
* * Glumes 1- (rarely 3-) veined. 
5. S. rig'ida (Link); pan. lanceolate rigid distichous, spike- 
lets linear acute of 7 — 10 fl., lower pale bhmt with a niucro, 
upper gl. reaching to the base of the third fl., root fibrous. — 
Gltjceria Sni., E. B. 1371. P. 43.— St. slender, wiry, erect. L. 
nearly flat, acute. Pan. 1 — 2 in. long, nearly simple. Lower 
pale faintly veined. Fl. small. — Dry places. A. Vl. E. S. I. 
6. S. lolidceu (Woods) ; pan. racemose narrow rigid secimd, 
spikelets oblong of 8 — 12 fl., loAver pale blunt with a mucro, upper 
gl. reaching to the base of the fourth fl., root fibrous. — Triticum 
Sm., E. B. 221. P. 43. — St. stout, slightly curved, ascending. 
L. flat, convolute when dry. Spikelets usually solitaiy, alter- 
nate, all directed to one side ; footstalks very short and stout. 
Lowerpale with well-marked marginal veins. — Sandy sea-coasts. 
A. VI. vn. E. S. L 
38. Bki'za Linn. Quaking-grass. 
1. B. minor (L.) ; spikelets triangular of about 7 fl., gl. ex- 
ceeding the lowest Jl., pan. difiuse, ligule long lanceolate acute. 
—E. B. 1316. P. 101.— St. very slender, about 1 foot high. 
Spikelets pale green. Lower pale roundish-cordate, cartilaginous, 
verv gibbous in the middle of the back. — Dry and sandy fields 
in the South-west. A. VII. " E. 
2. B. media (L.) ; spikelets broadly ovate of about 5 gl. 
falling short of the lowest fl., pan. difluse, ligule trimcate veiy 
short.— ^. B. 340. P. 30.— St. slender, erect, 1— 1| foot high. 
Panicle light and elegant, with slender branches. Spikelets 
usually purplish. L. linear-acuminate. Lower pale roundish 
oval, cartilaginous, not gibbous. — Pastures. P. VI. E. S. 1. 
39. Catabeo'sa Pal. de Beauv. 
L C. aquat'ica (Presl) ; pan. long-pyramidal with half-whorls 
of patent branches, lower pale 3-ribbed, 1. broad linear blunt. 
— E. B. 1557. P. 20. — Creeping. St. long, procumbent or 
floating below. L. flat. Pan.-branches in alternate threes or 
fives. Spikelets usually 2- (or 3 — 5-) flowered. Gl. very thin, 
often purplish. Fl. distant. — /3. minor; st. 2—3 in. high, 
spikelets mostly 1-flowered. — Ponds and ditches. 0. Wet sea- 
sands. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
