FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS. 365 umberland besyde Ceton Dalavale, and ther they make hattes of it." — Turn. ii. 144, back. A. baltica Link, Hort. Berol. i. 105 (1821). 1872. Found in 1871 by Mr. W. Eichardson, of Alnwick, on Eoss Links, near Bel- ford, Northumberland.— Journ. Bot. 1872, 21, 353. Aira caryophyllea L. Sp. PI. m (1753). 1605 ? "Gramen nemorale Avenaceum alterum . . . Hoc idem Gramen aridis colli- bus theriotrophio Eegias Grynwicht [Greenwich] Anglo-britanniae vicinis elapsis annis collegi." — Lobel, Adversaria, pars alt. 465. 1660. " Gramen montanum panicula spadicea delicatiore." In Cambs.— E. C. C. 69. A. prsecox L. Sp. PI. 55 (1753). 1670. " Gr. parvum prsecox spica laxa canescente. In glareosis et sterilioribus plerumque nascitur." — Eay Cat. 153. "Harefield Common." — Blackst. Fasc. 38 (1737). Corynephorus canescens Beauv. Agrost. 90 (1812). 1655. " Hoc gramen radice capillata crassiore maritimis litoreis Kantise oritur." — Lobel, Iliustr. 8. "Lobel first discovered this on the Coast of Kent, and Mr. Buddie since him, in Suffolk." — Petiver, Cone. Gram. no. 126 (1716). Deschampsia caespitosa Beauv. Agrost. 91 (1812). 1640. " Gramen segetum panicula speciosa ... In the borders of corne fields," &c.— Park. Theatr. 1159. [" Gr. segetale," Ger. 5 (1597), is probably this.] See Pet. Cone. Gram. 114. D. alpina Eoem. & Schult. Syst. ii. 686 (1817). 1810. "Mr. George l3on .... found it on the high mountains of Clova in Angusshire." — E. B. 2102 ("Aira laevigata"). D. discolor Eoem. & Schult. Syst. ii. 686 (1817). Aira uli- r/inosa Weihe. 1762. "In ericeto Strattoniensi in comitatu Nor- folk. D. Stilliugtieet reperit." — Huds. ed. 1, 30 ("Aira setacea"). D. flexuosa Trin. Bull. So. Acad. Petersb. i. QQ (1836). 1696. "A D. Doodio observatum & nobis ostensum est." — Eay Syn. ii. 258, 12. Holcus mollis L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1485 (1762). 1688. " Gramen caninum paniculatum molle." — Eay Hist. ii. 1285. H. lanatus L. Sp. PI. 1048 (1753). 1634. "Gramen pratense paniculatum molle, Bauh." — Johns. Merc. Bot. 38. Cf. Ger.' em. 30*. Trisetum pratense Pers. Syn. i. 97 (1805). 1670. " Gramen avenaceum panicula flavescente locustis par vis. ... in pratis & pascuis." — Eay Cat. 141. Avena pubescens Huds. ed. 1, 42 (1762). 1688. " In pascuis circa aedes Comitis Cardiganise ad Twitnam Middlesexiae vicum." — Eay Hist. ii. 1910. A. pratensis L. Sp. PL 80 (1753). 1688. "Gramen aven- aceum montanum spica simplici aristis recurvis ... In summis tumulis seu colliculis Bartloviensibus manu quoddam aggestis, in ipso limite agri Essexiensis versus Cantabrigiam inventum ad nos attulit D. Dale."— Eay Hist. ii. 1290. A. fatua L. Sp. PI. 80 (1753). 1576. "iEgylops Bromoides Belgarum. In Anglia . . . inter hordeum et secale nonnusquam occurrit." — Lob. Obs. 21. (To be continued.)
