﻿Wood. Helk’s Wood, Ingleton : Mr. Woodward. Grass-wood, near Giass- 

 ington, in the neighbourhood of Kilnsay: Mr. W. Curtis. — WALES. Den- 

 bighshire; Lower part of Garreg Wen Rocks, close to the river near Garn : 

 Mr. Griffith. — SCOTLAND. Berwickshire', Gatehcugh: Mr. W. Laird. — 

 In Lord Brf.aoai.banf.’s Woods at Ardmaddy, in Nether-Lorn: Kev. J. 

 Lioiitfoot. On banks in Angus-shire : Mr. D. Don. Rosslyn Woods, plen- 

 tiful : Mr. Arnott, and Dr. Grevillf.. 



Perennial. — Flowers in May and June. 



Root fibrous, somewhat creeping. Culm ( stem j from 1 to 2 feet 

 high, simple, upright, leafy, rough, striated, somewhat angular, of 

 a purplish colour towards the bottom. Leaves at the base of the 

 culm short, scale-like, brownish ; as they ascend becoming longer 

 and narrower, a line and half broad, roughish, with a very short 

 stipula (ligula.) Panicle 2 to 4 inches long, bending down a little, 

 with the flowers inclining one way, for the most part simply race- 

 mose ; but sometimes divided in the lower part. Peduncles hair- 

 like, pressed close to the rachis, flexuose, upright, somewhat downy 

 when magnified, especially just under the spikelets, where they 

 are somewhat thickened. Calyx glumes nearly equal, egg-shaped, 

 very concave, of a deep purple-brown, containing 2 perfect florets, 

 besides 1 or 2 blunt, long-stalked, neuter ones, which are very 

 minute. Palece of the corolla unequal, outer one large, concave, 

 egg-shaped, many-ribbed ; the inner one broad, flat, and much 

 shorter. Filaments quite distinct. Anthers yellow. Germen broad- 

 egg-shaped, pellucid. Styles naked below ; spreading, and fea- 

 thery above. Nectary of two little scales, fleshy, and truncated. 



This is a very elegant grass, and is not unworthy a place in the 

 flower garden. It may be easily cultivated and increased, by part- 

 ing and planting its roots in the autumn ; but it has little preten- 

 sions to be regarded for its utility. 



Mr. Pennant, in his Tour to Scotland, informs us, that in the 

 Isle of Rasa this grass is made into ropes for fishing-nets, which 

 are remarkable for lasting long without rotting. — Cows, horses, 

 and goats, eat it. 



