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47. E'ltmxjs Linn. 
1. U. arendrim (L.) ; spike uprig-ht close, raehis flat not winged, 
gl. lanceolate downy not longer than the spikelets. — E. B. 1(572. 
P. 64. — Closely resembing Pmmma arenaria, but readily di- 
stinguished by its broad 1. and short ligule. Stoboliferous. St. 
3—4 feet high.— Sandy sea-shores. P. VII. E. S. I. 
2. E. ffeniciddtm (Curt.) ; spike lax, rachis ■ranged, gl. awl- 
shaped glabrous longer than the spikelet.— i^. B. 1586. P. 1.11. 
— St. 3 — 1 feet high. Spike 1 — 2 feet long, usually remark- 
ably bent downwards at the second or third spikelet. — In a salt 
marsh near Gravesend. Mr. Dicksmi. P. VII. E. 
48. Hoe'Seum Linn. Barley. 
1. H. sylmt'icmn (Huds.) ; [jl. all awhhaped not cih'ate 
rough, lateral fl. perfect, middle il. often barren, lower pale with 
an awn of twice its length. — P. 130. Ehpnus europceus Linn., 
Sm., E. B. 1317.— About 2 ft. high. Middle fl., if barren, with 
shorter gl. having involute edges, thus appearing setaceous. The 
spikelets have a second fl. occasionally. — Woods and thickets 
on a calcareous soil. P. VII. VIII. E. 
2. H. praten'se (Huds.); gl. nil setaceous not ciliate rough, 
lateral fl. imperfect, lower pale of fertile middle fl. with an a^^Ti 
of about its length.— B. 409. P. 1 1.— Often 2 ft. high. Spike 
erect. Gl. of lateral fl. shorter. — Damp meadows. P. \H. 
E. S. 1. 
3. H. mur'nmm (L.) ; gl. of the middle spikelet linear-lanceo- 
late ciliate, of the lateral ones setaceous rough, lateral fl. imper- 
fect.— i:. B. 1971. P. 10.— Spike often slightly r cdding. Height 
12 — 18 in. Awn longer than the lower pale. Lateral gl. 
sometimes slightly ciliate.- — 13. arenarium (Bab.) ; lower part 
of the St. bmied, lengthened and rooting, thus appearing to 
creep. — Waste places. ^. Sands of the sea-shore. A. VI. VII. 
E. S. I. 
4. I£. marit'imum (Wither.) ; gl. rough, trawer gl. of the lateral 
fi. half-ovate the rest setaceous, lateral fl. imperfect. — E. B. 
1205. P. 10. — The smallest species. — Pastures and banks near 
the sea. A. W. , E. S. I. 
49, Lepttj'etjs U. Br. 
1. L. incurrdtus (Trin.) ; spike cylindrical-subulate, gl. 2 
equalling or slightly exceeding the flowers. — Rotthoellia Sm., 
E. B. 760. P. 2. — St. 2 — 6 in. long. Spike long, curved when 
dry. — /3. L.Jiliformis (Trin.) ; spikes much more slender filiform 
scarcely curved. P. 3. — Gravelly and waste places near the sea. 
A. VII. E. S. I. 
