FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS. 473 rarius." — Ray Hist. ii. 1265. *'0n Banstead Downs, M. Doody." —Ray Fasc. 11 (1688). Molinia varia Schrank, Baier Fl. (1789). 1666. Gr. pratense spica Lavendul^. Below the Park on the farther side of Micham Common" [Surrey] . — Merrett, 57. Catabrosa aquatica Beauv. Agr. 97 (1812). 1655. ** Gra- men dulce udorum. . . . Udis Londinensis agri juxta Thamesis amcenissima fluenta . . . gaudet." — Lob. 111. 10. Melica nutans L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 98 (1762). 1696. '* This was sent by Mr. Pettiver out of the North, and by him communi- cated to us." — Ray Syn. ii. 262. *' a D. FitzRoberts circa Ken- dalium WestmorlandiaB oppidum primarium collectum et ad me transmissum est." — Id. 325. M. unifiora Retz, Obs. i. 10 (1779). 1632. " Gramen aven- aceum rariore grano nemorense Lob." — Johns. Kent. p. 36. Dactylis glomerata L. Sp. PI. 71 (1753). 1640. " Calama- grostis torosa panicula ... by the hedge sides in many Countries of the Kingdome."— Park. 1182, 5. Briza media L. Sp. PI. 70 (1753). 1570. Phalaris pra- tensis minor . . . herbidis pratensibusque . . . AnglisB oritur." — Lob. Adv. 16. B. minor L. Sp. PI. 70 (1753). 1778. "Prope Bath— D. Alchorne." — Huds. ed. ii. 38. Poa annua L. Sp. PI. 68 (1753). 1597. Very plentifully among the hop-gardens in Essex," &c. — Ger. 2. P. bulbosa L. Sp. PI. 70 (1753). 1762. *' Prope Clapham in Com. Surriensi." — Huds. ed. i. 34. *' Dom. Stone nuper prope Yarmouth spontaneam invenit." — Sm. Fl. Brit. pref. p. 7 (1800). P. alpina L. Sp. PI. 67 (1753). 1777. *' On the sides of Craig-challeach, above Finlarig, in Breadalbane, Mr. Stuart." — Lightf. Fl. Scot. i. 96. P. laxa Haenke in Jirasek, Beob. Riesengeb. 118 (1791). 1800. " On Ben Nevis, Mr. Mackay."— Sm. Fl. Brit. 101 ( P.flexiiosa"). P. glauca With. Bot. Arr. ed. 3, ii. 148 (1796). 1778. *' P. pratensis j3 alpina. In montibus Westmorlandicis, Cumberlandicis, &c."— Huds. ed. 2, 39. *' Crib y Ddeseil [Snowdon] , Mr. Griffith." —With. L c. P. Balfourii Parnell in Ann. N. H. x. 122 (1842). 1842.
- Gathered by Dr. Balfour on Ben Voirlich, near the head of Loch
Lomond." — Parnell, I. c, 121. P. nemoralis L. Sp. PI. 69 (1753). 1762. In sylvis et umbrosis." — Huds. i. 35. *' Seems to have been first noticed in England by Mr. Hudson or by myself, who sent it to him in the year 1759."— Mr. Pulteney. P. compressa L. Sp. PI. 69 (1753). 1724. "On the walls about Eltham. . . . Mr. J. Sherard." — Ray Syn. iii. 409. P. pratensis L. Sp. PI. 67 (1753). 1597. " Gr. pratense minus." — Ger. 2. P. trivialis L. Sp. PI. 67 (1753). 1597. " Gr. pratense."— Ger. 2. This and the last-named (P. 'pratensis) were first well dis- tinguished by Hudson and Curtis. Journal of Botany. — Vol. 34. [Nov. 1896.] 2 i