( 300 .) 
NA/RDUS* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Tria'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Grami'ne.f, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 28. — Sm. Gram, 
of Bot. p. 86 ; Engl. FI. v. i. p. 71. — Lindl. Syn. p. 293. ; Introd. 
to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 292. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 393. — Loud. 
Hort. Brit. p. 542. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 294. — Hook. Brit. FI. 
{4th ed.) p. 426.— Gramina, Linn.— Graminales ; Burn. Out!, 
of Bot. v. i. p. 359. 
Gen. Char. Common receptacle f rachis J (see fig. 5.) linear, 
toothed, unilateral. Flowers (fig. 1.) alternate, sessile, all directed 
one way, perfect. Glumes none. Paleee (see fig. 1.) 2, unequal, 
spear-shaped, pointed ; the outer one largest, concave, wrapping up 
the inner (see fig. 2.), which is flat. Filaments (see figs. 1 & 2.) 3, 
hair-like, shorter than the palese. Anthers oblong. Germen (see 
fig. 3.) superior, oblong, slender. Style (see fig. 3.) 1 , short. Stigma 
{see fig. 3.) 1, long, feathery. Seed (fig. 4.) 1, linear, pointed at 
each end, invested with the permanent pale®. 
The 2 palece, without glumes, will distinguish this from other 
genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
NA'RDUS STRPCTA. Stiff Mat-grass. Common Mat-grass, 
Small Mat-weed. Heath Mat-weed. 
Spec. Chau. Spike bristle-shaped, straight. Florets all pointing 
one way. Leaves thrice the length of their sheaths. 
Engl Bot. t. 290.— Knapp’s Gram. Brit. t. 2. — Schreh. Gram. p. 65. t. 7. — 
Mart. FI. Bust. t. 27. — Cult. Brit. Entom. v. ix. L 390. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 77. — 
Iluds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 22. — Leers’ FI. Herb. (2nd ed.) p. It. t. 1. f. 7. — 
Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. i. p. 314. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 61. ; Engl. FI. v. i. p. 70. — 
With. (7th ed.) v. it. p.98. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v.ii. p. 87. — Lindl. Syn. p. 296. — 
Hook. Br. FI. p. 26. — Macr. Man. of Brit. Bot. p.276. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. 
p.90. — Sibth. F'l. Oxon. p. 33. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 11. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. 
p. 7. — Port. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 66— Belli. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 24— Hook. FI. 
Scot. p. 21. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 13. — FI. Devon, pp. 9 & 120. — Rev. G. FI. 
Smith's PI. of S. Kent, p. 6. — Johnston’s FI. of Berwick, v. i. p. 18. — Winch’s 
F'l. of Noribumb. and Durham, p. 4. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 15. — Perry’s PI. 
Varvic. Selectas, p.1. — Dick FI. Abred. p.22. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of Irel. 
p. 11. ; FI. Hibern. p. 318. — Gramen sparteum juncifolium, Scheuchz. Agrost, 
p. 90. t. 2. f. 10. — Hay’s Syu. p.393. — Spartum nostras parvum, Johnson’s 
Gerarde, p. 1631. 
Localities— O n barren moors and heaths; uot uncommon. 
Perennial. — Flowers in June and July. 
Fig. 1. A Floret expanded, showing the Stamens and Pistil. — Fig. 2. A Floret 
closed. — Fig. 3. Germen and Pistil. — Fig. 4. A Seed. — Fig. 5. Part of the Rachis. — 
Fig. 6. A small bit of the upper part of the Culm, by mistake marked fig. 5 in 
the plate. All more or less magnified. 
* From nardos, Or . ; formerly applied to an odoriferous substance, but which 
is not applicable in this case. Hooker. 
f See folio 56, note f . 
