FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS. 363 men arundinaceum acerosa gluma nostras. In the low moist grounds by Ratcliffe neere London." — Park. Theatr. 1273. Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Sp. PI. 28 (1753). 1666. "Gramen Anthozantlmm spicatum J. B. torn. 2, pag. 466. locum non memini." — Merrett, 48. Hierochloe borealis Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. ii. 513 (1817). 1821. " In a narrow valley called Kella, Angus. G. Don." — Hook. Scot. 28. Discovered in 1812."— E. B. S. 2641 (1880). Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. i. 23 (1762). A. agrestis L. 1597. " Gramen alopecuroides minus. In the moist furrowes of fertill fields."— Ger. 10. Near Paddington," Buddie.— Ray Syn. iii. 397 (1724). A. fulvus Sm. E. B. 1467 (1805). 1796. " By the stews in Edgbaston Park," near Birmingham. — With. Bot. Arr. ed. 3, 121, as var. oi A. geniculatiis. A. geniculatus L. Sp. PI. 60 (1753). 1597. " Gr. fluviatile spicatum." — Ger. 13. A. bulbosus Gouan, Hort. Monsp. 37 (1762). 1724. "Gra- men myosuroides nodosum. Found by Mr. Jam. Sherard." — Dill, in Ray Syn. iii. 397, with a figure, but no locaUty. "In the first field next the road before you go into Northfleet (Kent). Dr. Wilmer."— Huds. ed. 1, 24 (1762). A. pratensis L. Sp. PI. 60 (1753). 1597. "Gramen alo- pecuroides majus. In the moist furrowes of fertill fields." — Ger. 9. A. alpinus Sm. E. B. 1126 (1803). 1803. "Mr. G. Donn has favoured us with this new species of Alopecurus, discovered by himself on mountains about Loch Nagore [Lochnagar] in Aberdeen- shire." — E. B. I.e. "Mr. R. Brown .... informs me that he communicated it to Mr. G. Don."— Sm. E.Fl. i. 80 (1824). Brown discovered the plant in August, 1794, as stated on the ticket accom- panying his specimens in Herb. Mus. Brit. Milium efifusum L. Sp. PI. 61 (1753). 1597. "Gramen miliaceum."— Ger. 6. Johns. Kent (1632), 29. Phleum alpinum L. Sp. PI. 59 (1753). 1777. " Said to be found on Craigneulict above Killin." — Lightf. Fl. Scot. 1133. "In montibus prope Garway Moor," Scotland. — Jas. Dickson in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 288 (1794). P. pratense L. Sp. PI. 59 (1753). 1633. " Gramen typhinum majus. . . . Plentifully . . . about London." — Ger. em. 11. P. phalaroides Koel. Gram. Gall. & Germ. 52 (1802). 1785. " On Newmarket Heath."— Relhan, Fl. Cambs. 23. " First dis- covered in Great Britain by Mr. Woodward & Mr. Crowe near Swaffham, Norfolk, in 1780."— With. Bot. Arr. ed. 2, 66 (1787). P. arenarium L. Sp. PI. 60 (1753). 1670. "Gramen ty- phinum maritimum minus. Sea Cat's tail Grass." — Ray Cat. 157. " Observed upon S waff ham heath by James Crowe Esq. and on that of Newmarket by the Rev. Mr. Hemsted."— E. B. 222 (1794). Mibora verna Beauv. Agrost. 167 (1812). Knappia agrostidea Sm. E. B. 1127 (1803). 1762. " Habitat in WalHa, D. Stillingfleet invenit."— Huds. Fl. Angl. 28; but see Knapp, Gram. Brit. 110. " Frequent in sandy pastures on the south-west coast of Anglesea, 2 B 2
