136 *79. Holcus. 10. GRAMINEzE. 
PL end. ph. 
Gramen miliaceum pratense molle, Raii Syn. 404, 14, 
Gramen pratense paniculatmn molle. Park. 1155. 
Gramen lanatum Dalechampii, Ger. em. SO *. 
Holcus lanatus, Lin. S. P. 1485. 
Avena lanata, Koel. Gram. SOS. 
Aira Holcus lanatus, Fill. Delpli. 2, 87. 
Fields and pastures ; perennial ; June and July. 
Culms in tufts, 2 feet high, leafy above, pubescent ; leaves 
broad, pubescent; sheaths woolly, grey; ligulce short; pa- 
nicle coloured becoming grey; peduncles in pairs or threes; 
locust ce ovate. 
2. Holcus mollis. Tender softgrass. 
Awn of the upper flowret bent ; spathelles nearly equal, 
rather naked; root creeping; leaves rather naked. 
Gramen miliaceum aristatum molle, Raii Syn. 404, 15. 
Holcus mollis, Lin. S. P. 1485. 
Avena mollis, Koel. Gram. 300. 
Aira Holcus mollis, Fill. Delph. 2, 88. 
Woods and fields; perennial; June and July. 
Culm solitary, smooth ; knots pubescent; leaves pubescent 
becoming smooth ; sheaths rather smooth ; ligula long ; 
panicle greenish black ; peduncles rough ; hcustce ovate, 
lanceolate. 
XXXIX. 80. DESCHAMPSIA. Beauv. Pearlgrass. 
Glume 2 or 3-fiowered ; spathelles alternate, nearly equal, 
longer than the fiowrets ; lower spathellule many toothed at 
the tip, awned at bottom ; awn straight, scarcely longer 
than the base; upper spathellule 2-cut toothed; lodicule 
roundish, not nicked, hairy; style 2-parted ; stigmata dis- 
tant, villous; cariopsis free, scarcely furrowed. — Panicle 
branched, semiverticillate. 
1 . Deschampsia Icevigata . Smooth pearlgrass , 
Panicle contracted ; base of the spathellules pilose ; pe- 
duncles very short, smooth ; leaves and sheath very smooth, 
Aira laevigata, Smith T. L. S> 10, 334. 
Deschampsia laevigata, Roemer Sys. Feg. 687. 
Mountains and sea-coasts in the North ; per.; June, July. 
Culm 18 in. high. 
p. vivipara . Panicle viviparous* 
2. Deschampsia ccespitosa . Tufted pearlgrass. 
Panicle spreading; base of the spathellules pilose ; pedicells 
of the upper fiowrets long, hairy ; leaves furrowed above ; 
sheaths roughish ; ligula lanceolate, acute. 
