3 ;o OBSERVATIONS ON GRASSES. 
I now propofe to add a few obfervations on 
fome of our graffes, as far as i have been able to 
make any with fome appearance of probability ; 
but as there has reigned hitherto the greateft 
confufion in the Engiiih names of thefe moft 
valuable plants, and as they have never been 
properly ranged but by Linnaeus, i fhall firft, 
in imitation of that great author in his Flora 
Suecica, give new generical names with trivial 
ones to diftinguifti the fpecies of all our Englifh 
graffes K I mean all thofe which are found in 
that author ; as for the reft, fince fome are 
omitted by him, their names may be eafily fup- 
plyed when their genera are fettled by the 
learned k . It happens very luckily, that our 
common people know fcarce any of the graffes 
by names, as far as i could ever find by con- 
vening with farmers, hufbandmen, &c. fo that 
fomething may be done to remove this con- 
fufion, if a lift of names be fettled and agreed 
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3 Mr. Hudfon having thought proper to adopt my names 
with fome alterations ; and having cleared up many of the 
fpecies of graffes in a better manner than has been done be- 
fore ; i have referred throughout to his Flora Britannica, 
which is likely to be in the hands of all who are curious in 
botany. 
k This has fince been done in fome meafure in the afore- 
mentioned Flora Britannica. 
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