TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA, “Stipa: 
In barren " woods : Viii Carolina, &c. y. June, 
v. V. 
4. S. foliis 'eonvoluto-SHfonsibus. panicula pla: ra- 
. mis simplicibus 1-2-floris, calycibus oblongis acumi- 
. . matis semine vix longioribus, corollis Stipitatis : stipite 
barbato.— Vahl. symb. 2. p, 24. 
S. barbata. Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 53. 
S. avenacea. Walt. fl. car. 77. 
- virginica. Pers. ench. 1. p. 99. 
lcon. Cav. ic. 5. t. 460. f. 2? Winter-green 
In shady woods : Virginia to Georgia. Y. July, Aug. 
ef 
5. S. foliis tereti-filiformibus longissimis, panicula effusa 
^ —tenuissime capillacea, calyce corolla parva triplo bre- 
viore, aristis nudis strictis. Mats amer. " M 54. 
S. capillaris. Lam. encycl. 7. p. 450. iE 
S. diffusa. Walt. fl.car. 78. uiia 
‘In sandy fields: New Jersey to Caci X. June— 
Aug. v.v. This elegant grass, whose silky purple 
panicles exceed in beauty any other I know, seems to 
deviate from the rest of this genus, particularly in the 
-Short glumes of the calyx, and almost deserves to be a 
=! Separate genus. 
6. S. foliis sttiatis - glabris. glaucescentibus, spicis alternis 
paniculatis expansis, floribus sessilibus remotis, caly- 
Cibus corolla longioribus, arista brevissima MA 
Lam. encyel, 7. p. 453... | : 
Tn Carolina, Bosc. T. 
7 S. foliis arundinaceis, . panicula elongata pe pe- 
. dunculis articulatis strictissimis, aristis nudis subflex- 
|. . nosis. Lam. encycl. 7. p. 453. 
| la Panias. Fraser. +: 
..84, SACCHARUM. Gen. pl. 104. 
l. S. pene lanatis, gluma villis breviore, valvis exterio- 
villosis. Pers. ench. 1. p. 103. 
saccharoidés. Mich. fl. amer. 1. p.55. 
cessit giganteum. Walt. fl. car. 65. 
opogon culmo paniculato.. Gron. jt. virg. 133. 
w place: generally among rocks : Virginia to Flori- 
| adf v.v. From five to nine feet 
g icles, which when in pone 
bicolor. 
sericea. 
expansa. 
stricta. 
giganteum. 
