TRÍANDRIA DIGYNIA. Poa. - 
fervibus glabris, foliis brevibus.—Wilid. sp. pl. 1. 
: p. 392. 
i Icon. Host. gram. 2. t. 69? 
E In low sandy grass fields: Virginia, Carolina, &c. XY. 
June, July. v. v. The spikes are of à greenish colour 
and long. ig 
18. P. panicula erecta: ramis inferioribus inferne nudis, spi- 
culis oblongis alternis subsessilibus sexfloris, flosculo- 
rum valva exteriore dorso inferne marginibusque vil- 
. losa apice quinquefida, vaginarum collo axillisque pa- 
niculz pilosis, foliis culmoque erecto glabris. 
P. seslerioides, Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 68. 
In mountain meadows, frequent : New England to Ca- 
rolina. Commonly called Hed-top. Y. July, Aug. 
v.v. A most excellent grass. Ihave seen mountain 
meadows in pear where they mow this grass 
twice a year, producing most excellent crops each time, 
without manure, or any other trouble than the mow- 
ing, lasting for the space of sixteen years, without 
the least decline in the crops, the soil at the same time 
: being a very indifferent one. : 
19. P. panicula laxa patula erecta, spiculis linearibus duode- 
= Cimfloris : rachi deflorata valvulis flosculorum interio- 
tibus persistentibus pectinata, floribus ovatis acumi- 
. matis trinervibus, vaginarum collo axillisqüe panicule 
pilosis, foliis culmoque erecto glabris.—Mich. fl. amer. 
1. p. 69. Vesp p RUNE 
In sandy fields : New Jersey to Carolina, aud the west- 
ern territories, frequent. ©, July. v.v. - s 
20. P. panicula divaricata ramosissima, spiculis pendulis li- 
.  Rearibus decemfloris, floribus ovatis acntis margine 
. . dorsoque scabris, vaginarum collo axillisque panicule 
. , Pilosis, foliis culmoque erecto brevi glabris. 
Poa amabilis. Walt, fl. car. 80. ; | 
In dry barren sand-fields : New York to Carolina. ©. 
m ly. v.v. A beautiful grass: the large panicle is 
.. purple mixed with green stripes. 
21. P. paniculis fasciculatis, spiculis subsessilibus longissimis 
'. multifloris, floribus oblongis acutis laxis, foliis bre- 
vibus pubescentibus, culmo ramoso repente. — Mich. 
Jl. amer, 1. p. 69. 4 xxr 
B - P. hypnoides. Lam. encyel, 5. p. 87. RE 
: In mossy swamps and shady places: Pensylvania, Vir- 
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quinquefida. 
pectinacea, 
sRectabilis. 
reptans. 
