An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White].

  • White, John.
Date:
1808
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Credit: An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It generally grows along the fea coaft in fale marfhes. This grafs is but of little worth in an agricultural point of view; for in its natural fitu- ation of growth the appearance of its foliage or flems is not fuch as could recommend it to the notice of the farmer, nor does it thrive well out . of maritime fituations. PL june. Jaly, fais 9 uN Mupufye. Cuife muruife. FncuiisH.—Sea, or Salt-marfb Meadow-gra/s. Ob. Roots creeping. Stems decumbent at the bafe, about 1 foot, very fmooth, leafy. Leaves, edges rolled inwards, glaucous, acute. Sheath Jong, with a blunt fheath-fcale, which is often- times acute. Panicle upright, ftraight; branches for the moft part in pairs, rough, fpreading before flower, afterwards becoming erect. Spikets linear, fmooth, about five-flowered, inclining to purple. Calyx, valves unequal, fomewhat acute: outer one with three nerves. Corolla, inner valve rough on the margin, bifid at top. rigida, P. Panicle fpear-fhaped, fomewhat branched: little branches alternate, pointing one way. It grows on dry fandy or flony places, walls and