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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    - * & TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. oe | fhorter than the calyx: wa/ves unequal, blunt, awnlefs. bs A. Panicle clumfy, rather fpreading: branches, maritima. longer ones naked; fhorter ones crowded with florets at the bafe: calyx, inner valve {mooth ; outer ferrulated upwards. wm It generally grows on moift banks along the coa{t. Banks along the S.W. fide of Howth, county of Dublin. On the banks along the coaft between Green-caftle and Kirkeel, county of Down. This grafs is by no means an indifferent one. Ihave not feen it cultivated in any great quantity, fo as to form a juft opinion as to its agricultural merit; however upon the fmall fcale in which feveral of the graffes are cultivated in the Botanic Gardens, this appears not unworthy of notice, as it is as luxuriant there as in its natural foil, On the banks on the fea fhore, this ~ grafs, from its long {tems and abundant foliage, would appear to be extremely produétive; and I make no doubt but it. might. turn out a valuable Species, if cultivated in the interior of the country. | P, June. July. a) IRISH.