Localities.— In shady ditches, moist woods, and in hedges. — Oxfordshire ; 
Magdalen College Copse; Tar Wood ; in a furze field between Bullington- 
green aDd Shotover-hill. Copse near Horsepath, by the foot-path. — Berks ; On 
the banks of ditches on the north side of Bagley Wood, nearly opposite to South 
Hinksey: 1827. — Beds. Sheerhatch Wood. — Cambridgesh. Madingly, King- 
ston, and Eversden Woods; Comberton; Wood Ditton ; Isle of Ely; Planta- 
tions by Fulbourn Moor ; Teversham Moor ; Hill near Linton, by the back road 
from Hildersham .— Cumberland ; Dunmallet, by the front avenue, rare.— 
Dorset; Wet ditches about Weymouth, and in Purbeck; in several places in 
the Vale of Blackmoor. — Durham ; At the foot of the N. branch of Castle Eden 
Dean, and by the Tyne above Hebburn Quay. — Essex; Epping Forest; near 
Salter’s Buildings, Walthamstow ; borders of the wood called the Larks, near 
Chingford. — Kent; In the wood, west of the Cherry Garden. In a wood near 
the High Rocks, towards the Wells. — Leicestersh. Martinshaw Wood, near 
Grooby ; Cloud Wood ; abundant in the Park at Bosworth ; also in Sutton Afn- 
bien Wood, the site of Bosworth Field. — Lincolnsh. Moist woods, not unfre- 
quent ; near Gainsborough, in every ditch. — Middlesex ; Between Hornsey 
and Newington; in the old Park Wood at Harefield, and in the lane leading 
from Harefield to Rickmansworth, plentifully. — Norfolk; In Hethel and Ar- 
minghall Woods, near Norwich ; Earsham Wood. — Northumberland ; On the 
banks of N. Tyne near Warden Mill; in woods near Gilsland Wells; and in 
a moss near the Routing Linn, in the vicinity of Doddington. — Notts. Between 
Bulwell and Nuthall. — Shropsh. Side of a ditch on the borders of Aqualate 
Mere ; and near Battlefield Church. — Somersetsh. In a hedge by the road-side 
between the Monument and Tracy Park. — Suffolk; Bungay. — Sussex; Wet 
thickets, rather rare. — Warwicksh. Dunnington ; Salford; and Wetheley; in 
woods near Alcester; and near Allesley. — Worcestersh. East side of Perry 
Wood. — Yorksh. Leeds; Copgrove; in woods at Castle Howard, but very rare; 
in a little wood at Fawdington, near Helperby; Boroughbridge ; ditch near 
Monckton common field by Ripon ; commou near Thirsk. — WALES. Angle- 
sey ; Above the beach between Friars and Lleiniog; Lligwy Wood, &c. — 
SCOTLAND. Aberdeensh. In Braemar, several miles below Invercauld, on 
the south side of the river, among wood ; and on a steep bank on the north side 
of the Dee, a little below Manse of Drumoak. — Argylesh. Mac Lean of Coil’s 
Woods, near Tobermory. — Ayrsh. Dalrymple YVood, Ayr. — IRELAND. 
County of Derry ; Formoyle-hill, parish of Dunboe. 
Perennial. — Flowers in July. 
Root creeping. Culm (stem) from 3 to 5 feet high, upright, 
cylindrical, jointed, hollow, striated, furrows slightly pubescent. 
Leaves strap-spear-shaped, with a sharp, taper point, roughish, a 
little glaucous underneath. Sheaths very large, clasping, striated, 
scarcely rough, except the upper one. Stipula (ligula) spear- 
shaped, pointed, thin, soon torn. Panicle from 6 to 11 inches 
long, upright, purplish, its branches rough ; spreading when in 
flower, close afterwards. Flowers (fig. 1.) numerous, directed to 
one side. Glumes (fig. 2.) nearly equal, long and narrow, purplish, 
rough at the keel. Outer Palea (see fig. 3.) about half as long as 
the glumes, membranous, flat, with 2 rough marginal ribs at each 
side, bifid and rough at the point, with a dorsal awn about as long 
as the glumes ; inner palea much smaller, slightly bifid and rough. 
Hairs (see figs. 1 & 3.) as long as the glumes. 
A handsome Grass, but of little or no interest to the Agricul- 
turist. 
