ENGLISH BOTANY. 
these it is difficult to decide which ought to be adopted. I have fol- 
lowed Kunth, Koch, Mr. Bentham, and Dr. Hooker in calhng it Cha- 
magrostis minima, though Adanson's generic name — Mibora is older, 
and on this account has been adopted by Professor Babington. But 
British authors have not adopted the oldest generic name in similar 
cases ; as, for example, Arctium is universally employed by them 
instead of Lappa. French authors of course may be put out of the 
question, as they invariably give the preference to a name bestowed 
on a plant by a Frenchman whenever there is a shadow of an excuse 
for doing so. 
Early Sand- Grass. 
GENUS IV.— CY NO BON. Bich. 
Spikelets sessile, arranged unilaterally in 2 rows on the digitately 
disposed branches of a compound spike, laterally compressed, closed 
during flowering, each containing a single perfect floret with the 
rudiment of a second one above it. Glumes 2, nearly equal, keeled, 
pointed but not awned, subscarious, rather shorter than the pales. 
Pales 2, equal, parchment-like, pointed but not awned, the lower one 
boat-shaped, bluntly keeled and inclosing the upper one, the upper 
one with 2 small approximate keels on the back separated by a furrow. 
Lodicules 2, fleshy. Stamens 3. Styles 2, short, separate ; stigmas 
long, rather thick, densely hairy, protruded below the apex of the 
flower. Caryops glabrous, free, laterally compressed, not furrowed. 
The derivation of the name of this genus is from kvuv, a dog, and ocovq, a tooth, 
SPECIES I.-CTNODON DACTYLON. 
Plate MDCXC. 
T.plrli. Tc. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Yol. I Tab. CLXXII. Ficj. 4.54. 
Stems prostrate and extensively creeping, producing short barren 
and flowering branches, the latter geniculate and erect or asceiuling, 
\s'\i\\ the upper node much longer than the otlit}rs. Leaves short, fiat, 
involute m\<\ • r r ■ --^x. Spikes 2 to 7, slender, unilaterally 
distichous, - 
In sand; ^'=:i'y rare ; confined to the western 
portion ot - . , iiuia, from Cornwall to Dorset, chiefly 
