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divcrrring awn, wliicli is as lorp^ as the ,2lunics ; keel mid some- 
times tlie scabrous awn ciliated witli long stiff luiirs. Lower pale 
3-ril)bed. Rudimentary floret absent. 
In marshy places on mountains. Local. Not unfrequent in the 
glens of the Clova Mountains, Forfiirshire. 1 gathered it in 1851 
very sparingly on Ben Lawers, Perthshire, and abundantly on Loch- 
na-gar and Cairn-towl, Aberdeenshire; in this coiuity it is also reported 
on good authority from the watercourse. Loch Kander, at tlie head of 
Loch Callander, P>en Avon, Ben-mac-dbui, Beri-a-buird, and Braeriach. 
It is also said to have been found by Dickson on Garvay ^loor, Inver- 
ness-shire; but Dickson's stations are not to be trusted. 
Scotland. Perennial. Autumn. 
Stem 3 to 18 inches high, usually more or less curved at the base. 
Leaves 3 to 5 inches long, -l to -\ inch broad, graduallv tapering to 
the point, rough on the edges ; the upi)ermost one I to 1 inch lono;^ 
much shorter than its sheatli, which is slightly swollt'n. Panicle Jl to 
2 inches long. Spikelets (exclusive of the awn) | inch long. Glumes 
parchmentlike, rounded-truncate at the apex, green on the back, more 
or less tinged with purple towards the edges and apex, ciliated with 
very long hairs on the keel, each one terminated by a long rough awn, 
wdiich is without ciiiiv, exce[)t at the very base. ^ ' 
In the typical Phlcum al[)inuni of Scandinavia the avm is more or 
less ciliated; hut in all the British specimens the awn is simply 
scabrous, or Arith a few c'lWm at the base : this form is identical with 
the Swiss plant named Phleum commutatum bv Caudin. which by 
general consent is now sunk imder Phleum alpiniun, Lhin. The form 
of the panicle and inflation of the upper sheath vary so much that 
they are worthless as distinctive characters. 
Alpine Tmothy-Gra,.. 
SPECIES II-PHLEUM PRAT ENS E. Linn, 
Plates ilDCCYL lilDCCYIT. 
Perennial. Rootstock short, cu?.>pit06e, not creeping. Stems erect, 
straight, or slightly decumbent and geniculate at the base which is 
sometimes swollen into a cormUke enlargement, simple. Leaves flat 
with numerous slightly elevated and slightly rough ribs, 3 to 7 of 
which are stronger than the others, pale green, very slightiv glau- 
cous; sheaths smooth, the uppermost one scarcely inflated-" liirule 
short, about as long as broad. Panicle cylindrical or fusifm-n- 
cyllndrical or ovoid, abruptly rounded at the base and apex, A-ery 
