dorsally compressed, convex on the back, flat and not furrowed, but 
with a basal impression on the face. 
Is^'amed after Leonard Sesler, an Italian botanist. 
SPECIES I.-SESLEEI A C^RULEA. Scop. 
Plate MDCCX. 
Uekh. Ic. M. Germ, et Helv. Vol. I. Tab. CLXYIII. Fig. 444. 
Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. 479. 
Cyuosurus ca-nileus, L'mn. Sp. PI. p. lOG. 
Rootstock not stoloniferous. Leaves long, flat, parallel-sided, 
abruptly pointed and terminated by a very short raucro. Panicle 
ppikeUke, sliort, ovoid or oblong, rather lax. Spikelets 2- to 3-flowercd. 
Glumes nearly as long as the florets, abruptly acuminated, usually 
denticulate towards the apex, terminated by an awn about one-fourth 
their own length. Lower pale 5-ribbed, the midrib excurrent into a 
short awn, about one-tburth the length of the pale, lateral ribs or at 
least one pair of them also excurrent in the form of teeth or very 
short setjc. 
On rocks, especially those of mica-slate, and limestone, and on 
banks. Local. It occurs in the counties of York, Durham, North- 
umberland, WestmoreliHid, and (^nnberland, and again in the Scotch 
Highlands, in Perth, Stirling, and Ross. Local in Ireland, and con- 
fined to the western countie:?, from Lough Derg to Ballvshannon. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Spring, Summer. 
Plant grr.n-hi'.- It^ ^h -^o or niorr ii^ually in loose tufts; in the 
former C!,- ' m k are short, in the latter often 
several v id fibre-, and thickly clothed 
with til.' the leaves. Stem' 2 to 18 
inches 1^. _ and with 1 or 2 ver}' short 
leaves ab<.-. - , decumbent, at least in fi'uit, 
when it i- often pro-traio-archiug. Leaves variable in length and 
breadth e%-en in tlie same j)lant, 2 inches to 1 foot long. J to \ inch 
broad, more or less rough on the margins, with numerous strongh" 
marked ribs, rough on the margins. Panicle | to I] inch long, more 
or less tinged with dark pnq>li>h lead-colour when in flower. 
Spikelets about 1 inch hing. Tdumes somewhat silverv. Lower pale 
pubescent, termiiiated by an ami. an<l vehicles with cith'er 2 or 4 teeth, 
which are sometimes lengthened into >liort bristle.-. 
Blur Moor-Gra^^. 
