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HE eee Dr. SmitH’s Account of 
: Corozzæ bivalves, alterà majori carinatà alteram ampleétens, 
calyce longiores, acuminatz. 
STAMINA., ** Filamenta: tria, breviffima. Anthera@ purpuraícen- 
tes, inclufa." Gerard. 
PisriLLUM. Styli duo, breviffimi. Stigmata_plumofa. 
SEMEN unicum, oblongum, utrinque acutum, fuperne fulco 
longitudinali notatum, fufcum. 
Oss. Panicula variat magis vel minus ramofa. 
Linnœus feems. to have referred this plant to the genus. of An- 
 thoxanthum, merely from the habit and colour of its flowers, in 
both which refpeéts they have a great refemblance to the A. odo- 
ratum. He probably could not diffect the fpecimen of Burfer, to 
inveftigate its fruétification.: but Gerard as well as myfelf have 
examined the flowersliving, and found them to be triandrous. 'Fheir 
beautiful gold or bronze-like colour is. noticed by Gerard ; which is 
a little extraordinary, as he rarely mentions colour i in his deferip- 
tions. : 
.Ihave lately learnt from Savoy that this grafs is likely to become 
of confiderable ufe in agriculture, and that large quantities of it 
are now cultivating for that purpofe. It has vegetated in‘Chelfea 
garden, under the care of Mr. Fairbairn, from feed I meu from 
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