GRAJLINA. 93 
2 inches long. Spikelets ^ to | inch lonf?. Lowest floret about \ 
inch long. Pale of the neuter flower o])ovate, turbinate, obliquely 
truncate, and with the edges inflexed. 
JSodding Melic- Grafts. 
rrench, Melique petichee. German, NicJiendes Perhjras. 
From the early growth, of this grass, and its thriving well in open situations when 
cultivated, it is worthy of agricultural notice. 
SPECIES II. -ME Lie A UNIPLORA. IM,. 
Plate MDCCXLIX. 
BpMi. Ic. F1. Germ, et Helv. Vol. I. Tab. CLXVH. Fig. 436. 
Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1594. 
Rootstock slender, scarcely caespitose, creeping, stoloniferous. 
Stems slender, erect. Leaves linear, tapering towards each end, flat, 
with numerous slender ribs, slightly pubescent above, bright green; 
sheaths pubescent, entire, the uppermost one shorter than its leaf, all 
■with lamina? ; ligule nearly absent, but with a long subulate pubescent 
process at the top of the sheath, on the side of the stem opposite the 
lamina. Panicle erect, pyramidal, slightly compound, very lax, equal 
Panicle-branches finely scabrous, most of them branched at the apex, 
simple, spreading-ascending. Pedicels mostly longer than the spike- 
lets. Spikelets ultimately obovate-oblong, with 1 perfect floret and a 
terminal neuter floret. Glumes as long as or a little longer than the 
spikelet, oval-oblong, abruptly acuminate, maroon-red, with pale 
edges, the upper one conspicuously larger than the lower. Lower 
pale oval, subobtuse, with 1 or 3 rather strong ribs, smooth or nearly 
so, glabrous, straw-coloured. 
In woods and on shady hedgebanks. Eather frequent, and gene- 
rally distributed in Kngland and the south of Scotland, but 'rather 
rare north of the Forth and (,'Iyde. th<ujgh said to extend to Kin- 
cardine and Morav. ^Mdely distributed over Ireland. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer. 
Stems 1 to 2 feet high. Longest leaves 4 to 8 inches long, by ] to 
I inch broad. Panicle 3 to 8" inches long; lowest panicle -bran dies 
1 to 3 inches long. Spikelets I to -]; inch long. Lowest floret about 
i inch long. Pale of the neuter floret as in M. nutans. 
^'cry like :M. nutans, but even when not in flower the remarkable 
prcx!ess proceeding from the ligule, but on the opposite side of the 
stem, distinguishes it from that plant. Besides this, the very lax 
open panicle with the florets not secund, and the lower branches 
spreading widely and bare of florets at the base, also the smaller 
