appirionss © © = 
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€ulm erect and mostly simple, numerously jointed, tibdes 
and stipules pilose, leaves subulate and scabrous, above _ 
shorter than the sheathes; lateral floral branchlets clandes- 
tine, terminal ones partly exserted, spikelets 2. and 3-fow- 
ered, with a terminal abortive rudiment; calix glumemuch __ 
<a shorter than the corolla, partly lacerate at ‘points; co- 
-__ rolla minutely stipitate, margin of the outer glume ciliate, 
__ the summit truncate and trifid, with the intermediate awn 
no longer than the lateral cusps, inner valve incurved, 
shorter than the outer, producing 2 cristate tufts of pubes- 
cence. ee en a ey 
p. 74. Kozrenrta, * paniculata. Panicle oblong, smooth; spike- 
- lets 2 and 3-flowered, shining, glumes awnless; valves of 
the calix very unequal, the larger one truncately obtuse. 
_ Has. Collected in East Florida by my friend Mr. T. Say. 
~~ Distinctly allied to Aira cristata of Smith, Flor. Brit. but a 
ees, much larger plant. Leaves and sheathes long La ee we 
87. Asrere iia, ( Elymus Mystriz). The Amer 
nears to be specifically distinct from that of Europe 
having a setaceous rudiment of a calix, and not merely 
p. 104. Rivina, add 2. Aumilis. Discovered in East Florida, by 
Mr. Say. : ee : 
Pp. 108. after No. 160, add,—{CUSCUTA. Calix 4 to- 
S-cleft. Corolla 4 or 5-cleft. Capsule 2-celled, 
Opening transversely all round towards the base. 
- 
(Stamina often 4.) 
—e 
Leafless filiform and herbaceous, parasitic and twining 
upon surrounding plants; flowers conglomerate or rarely 
ae Seecres. & C. americana.—Flowers mostly pentan- 
peor drous and sessile. , ag 
Of this singular genus there are 3 other species in Eu- 
rope, 2 in Peru, 1 in China, }in India, and anotheratthe = 
Cape of Good Hope. } OT ea og ea meas 
P10. Tittea, * simplex. Stem erect and simple; leaves con- 
__ Rate, oblong-linear and somewhat acute; flowers alternate, 
_ Sessile; petals erect, twice as long as the calix—Jou' 
Acad. Philad. 1, p. 114. Omit, T? eymosa; for which See 
Dramorrna, p. 293. : ; 
‘2112. Myosorss, *verna, Small and hirsute; stem simples 
Tadical leaves spathulate-oblong, cauline linear-oblong, Ob- — 
tuse; spikes simple; flowers subsessile; seeds th and 
Shining. Has. In sandy woods and way-sides, New Jer- 
