TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Poa. 
172 
(3) Panicle pointing one way. 
P. ri'gida. Panicle spear-shaped* * compact, somewhat branched; 
branches alternate, pointing one way ; fruit-stalk bordered : (flo¬ 
rets about seven, acute, scarcely ribbed. E.) 
Curt. 142—( E. Bot. 1371. E.)— Vaill. 18. 4— H. Ox. viii. 2.9— Barr. 49— 
Ger. 4. 3— C. B. Th. 32. 1— Park. 1157—Scheuch. 6. 2 and 3— Mont. 11. 
Straw very short and stiff. Panicle spear-shaped, inflexible ; doubly com¬ 
pound ; its branches alternate. Little spikes alternate, on inflexible fruit- 
stalks, which are shorter than the spikes they support; strap-shaped, 
sharp, about eight florets in each. Florets sharp and scariose at the 
points. Calyx keeled. Linn. From four to eight inches high. Straw 
smooth. Leaves slender, rough. Panicle one and a half to near three 
inches long, quarter to half an inch broad, upright, stiff. This may be 
distinguished from the other species by the principal or main fruit-stalk 
being broad on the side opposite to the direction of the branches, convex, 
and edged with a paler green border. (The whole plant assumes a 
brown or purplish hue, remaining bleached and dry after Midsummer. 
Sm. E.) 
Hard Meadow Grass. (Welsh: Gweun-wellt anhyhlyg. P. rigida. Linn. 
Glyceria rigida. Sm. Eng. FI. E.) Dry sandy or stony places, walls 
and roofs. St. Vincent’s Rocks. Near the mill-pool at Lilleshall, Shrop¬ 
shire. (On limestone hills near Sunderland. Mr. Winch. Arthur’s 
Round Table, and Llangoed, Anglesey. Welsh Bot. E.) A. June—Aug.* 
P. procumbens. Panicle spear-shaped, branches alternate; calyx 
ribbed, three or four-flowered; straw geniculate. 
Plate XXVI.—(Curt.—E. Bot. 532. E.) 
(Whole plant glaucous, rigid; more or less prostrate, affecting circular 
patches. Stems several. E.) four or six inches high. Straw geniculate 
at the upper joint, sheathed up to to the panicle. Leaves short, broad, 
ribbed. Panicle one and a half inch long, nearly one inch broad. Calyx 
three or four-flowered ; outer valve three-ribbed. Blossom valves blunt. 
It has not the bordered fruit-stalk of P. rigida. 
(Procumbent Sea Meadow Grass. P. procumbens. Curt. Sm. FI. Brit. 
Hook. P. rupestris. "With, to Ed. 7. Glyceria procumbens. Sm. Eng. 
FI. E.) Gathered on St. Vincent's Rocks near Bristol by Mr. Milne, 
who observed to me, that Mr. Curtis first found it there; just at the 
entrance into the walk from the Hotwell House. On the waste ground 
near the dock, betwixt Bristol and the Hotwells; also on the new pier at 
Scarborough. Sir Thomas Frankland. On a limestone quarry on the 
coast near Whitburn; also near Hartlepool. Mr. Robson. In the salt 
marshes of Scotland not uncommon. Mr. Don. Hook. E.) 
A. June—Aug. 
P. marit'ima. Panicle compact, branched (erect after flowering. E.) ; 
branches in pairs; spikets oblong; florets blunt; leaves sharp, 
edges rolled in ; straw cylindrical, slanting. Huds. 
Dicks. II. S. — (E. Bot. 1140. E.)— FI. Dan. 251. 
Moreover when cultivated it is invariably attacked with the disease called Rust, though 
when growing wild in woods never so. Hort. Gram. Vid. the nature of Rust further 
explained under Triticum loliaccum. E.) 
* (Retains its verdure in the most arid spots during the hottest summers. It is 
preferred by hares and rabbits. E.) 
