interrupted. The upper part of the rachis rough; branches
short, mostly branching throughout, rough. Spikelets oblong,
small. Glumes unequal, acuminate, midrib scabrous towards
the top, edges ciliated; outer smaller, 1-nerved; inner 3-
nerved. Outer palea rather longer than the outer glume,
shorter than the inner, rounded on the back, scabrous towards
the bifid top; awn from the notch, 3, 4 or 5 times as long as
the palea, very slender, rather wavy, rough. Inner palea
shorter than the outer. Anthers scarcely protruded, short,
oval, purple. Germen obovate. Styles nearly sessile, feathery.
Rudiment of a second floret slender, subulate.
It cannot be considered as otherwise than remarkable, that
additions to the list of our native flowering plants are still found
in districts long known and frequented by botanists. The subject
of our present plate was found in June 1847 close to the
town of Thetford, in small quantity, by the Rev. W. W. New-
bould. On July 4, 1848, the present writer, in company with
him, traversed a considerable tract of the sandy district of
Suffolk near to that town, and observed it in the greatest
plenty; especially on and about Redneck Heath, where the
specimens figured were gathered. They also found a few specimens
of it on the Norfolk side of the town, but had not time
to examine that part of the country carefully.
It is scarcely necessary to add, that the only other species
of Apera, the Agrostis Spica-venti of Eng. Bot. t. 951, is distinguished
from this species by the branches of its panicle spreading
horizontally when in flower and its linear-oblong anthers.
—C. C. B.