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Er iophorum, Gen PI. 63. 
Eriophorum cm mis teretibus, foliis planis fpicatis 
pedunculaus. FI. Suec. 44. Sp. PL 52. 
Linagroftis foliis planis fpicis multiplicibus Hall. 
Helv. p. 250. 
Linagroftis, Tabern. Raii Syn. p. 435". Cotton 
Grafs. 
On bogs and marfhes. Upon Charley Fo- 
reft. In the clofes about Woodhoufe j near Buddon 
Wood, and elfewhere. 
Some of the poor people in Sweden for want 
of feathers fill their beds with the down of this 
grafs, FI. Lappon. p. iS. It feems applicable to 
other oeconomical ufes 5 as its texture is very fine, 
and it may in our own country be gathered in 
great quantities in many places. 
Nardus, Gen PL 65. 
Nardus fpica fetacea re&a. FI. Suec. 47. Sp. Plant. 
53 - 
Gramen fparteum juncifolium C. B. pin. R. Syn. 
392. Hall. Helv. 203. Small Matweed. 
On dry barren heaths, and fometimes in marfhes 
flowering in April ; almoft all over Charley Forefl, 
Horfes and other cattle, but efpeciallv the 
ilieep, are fond of this grafs ; but it is feldom found 
among our hay, being too fhort for the fcythe to 
reach. 
Digynia. 
A ira, Gen. PI. 75. 
Aira foliis fetaceis : vaginis angulatis, floribus pani- 
culato fpicatis, flofculis ball ariflatis. It. Scan, 
226. Sp. PL 65. 
Gramen 
