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H I E R O C H L O E borealis.
Northern Holy Grass.
TRIANDRIA Digynia.
Gen. Char. Glumes 2, nearly equal. Florets 3, the
terminal one hermaphrodite and diandrous ; the
2 lateral ones male and triandrous. Perianth
of 2 valves, the outermost cartilagineous, mostly
furnished with a dorsal awn. Ovarium free.
Stigmas brush-shaped.
S pec. Char. Panicle erect, somewhat racemose. Peduncles
smooth. Spikelets ovate, outer valve
fringed, rough, and awnless. Scale deeply
cloven. Leaves flat.
Syn. Hierochloe borealis. Roem. et Schult. Syst.
Feg. v. 2. 513. Hook. Scot. 28. Smith Engl.
Fl. v. 1. 110. Spreng. Syst. Feg. v. ff 274.
Holcus odoratus. Linn. Fl. Suec. 363. IVilld.
FL Berol. 48. Wahl. Fl. Lapp. 31. Fl. Dan.
t. 963.
H.. borealis. Schrad. Fl. Germ. v. l | 252.
H. repensi Host Gram. v. 3. t. 3.
Poa n. 53. Linn. FL Lapp. 29. ed. 2. 30.
Gramen Mariae Borussorum. Loes. Pruss. 111.
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JL HIS interesting addition to the British Flora was discovered
in 1812 by the late Mr. George Don, in a narrow
valley, called Glen Kella, among the Grampians of Forfarshire.
Root perennial, creeping. Stems about a foot high, perfectly
straight and round, smooth, and marked with broadish
lines, attenuated towards the top; the upper half destitute
of leaves. Leaves rather broad, flat, smooth on both sides,