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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    Triticum repens, Hordeum pratenfe, Aira cxfpitofa, Arundo Phragmitis, Arundo colorata, Elymus caninus, Triticum junceum, Arundo arenaria, Elymus arenarius, Elymus giganteus, Elymus geniculatus, Hordeum maritimum, Phalaris arenaria, Triticum loliaceum, Panicum Crus galli, | . | An early grafs in foliage, and chiefly to be found in old kitchen gardens, and in good fpots of farms, A grafs growing in moift | rich meadows, more defirable for its leaves than ftems. Four graffes ufeful for thatching ricks, &c. Two graffes fit for pre- ferving banks along the fea fhore. Three graffes, not indi- genous, ufeful for the fame purpofes as the two la{ft mentioned. Four graffes growing in fandy and gravelly foils near the fea fhore, affording fome nou- rifhment in fuch places. Aira