BOTANY. 
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Eragrostis, Beauv. 
857. E. poseoides, Beauv. — A small creeping Grass ; wild and 
very common on the low rocky land about Jamestown, Ladder 
Hill, &c. Grows to a height of live to ten inches, having a some- 
what slate-coloured flower-head. C. — Hah. Tropics. 
858. E. sp. ? — A Grass growing wild, in tufts, on the rocky 
barren outskirts of the Island, at Lot’s Wife Wood, High Hill, the 
summit of Lot, and generally on the high precipitous south coast. 
The leaves are gathered, chopped up, and used as a substitute for 
hair in lime-mortar. C. 
859. E. megastachya, Link. — A short, shrubby, blue-coloured 
Grass, growing wild on the rocky barren outskirts of the Island, 
Ladder Hill, Lot’s Wife, &c. C. Alt. 1*2 to 2.— Hab. Tropics. 
Briza, Linn. 
860. B. maxima, Linn.— Large quaking Grass; grows wild in 
some few localities on the high land, — Hab. S. of Europe. 
861. B. media, Linn. — Small quaking Grass ; wild in some of 
the meadows and orchards on the high land, and more abundant 
than the other species. — Hab. Europe, W. Asia, &c. 
Festuca, Linn. 
862. F. bromoides, Sm. — One of the most abundant small 
Grasses in and about gardens, roadsides, &c., on the high land, 
sometimes called Love-grass. — Hab. Britain, &c. 
Bromus, Linn. 
863. B. vestitus, Sclirad.— One of the most abundant Grasses ; 
growing wild on the upper land, where at Longwood and other 
places there are whole fields of it. It affoids a most excellent 
substitute for oaten forage. — Hab. S. Africa. 
864. B. asper, Murr. — A smaller and more delicate species, 
common and growing wild only on the low locky land about Half- 
tree Hollow, and similar altitudes. 0. and M. — Hab. Europe, 
Siberia, &c. 
Arundinaria, Rich. 
865. A. nana, Roxb. — A small species or Dwarf Bamboo; 
