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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    ‘ { a mo w ws id nN ‘ iv TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ~ ERIOPHORUM.: Seed 1, encompaffed by-very long wool-like hairs. E. Stem cylindrical, fheathed : fpike ae hufk king Frequent in moors and upland bogs. A grafs of little worth: for cultivation. P. Feb. April, §Cennaban monad, ¢ Cennabban monadh. EncouisH.—Mountain Cotton-gra/s. Single-headed Cotton-grafy. Hairs-tail-grafi. Hares-tail-rujfb. Mofs-crops. Ob. Roots clofely matted. . Stems nearly cylin- TrisH fkinny at the bafe, fheathing, linear, and imper- feftly three-fided, ftriated and fomewhat recurve. Sheaths inclofing the ftem, rather bulging; the uppermoft purple at the hafe. Spike egg-fhaped, folitary, terminating. G/umes fkinny, fpear- | fhaped,