Andropogon, TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA, 263 
valved, the inner one euding’s in a short vigil arista, oe 
three, &c. as in the genus. 
Mae Frowers, Calyx and corol as in the igs exbept 
that there is no arista to the corol. 
Obs, It is of a very coarse nature, I never found it poumis 
ed by cattle. 
18. A, verticillatus. R. A ) 
Erect, Leaves long, and very ey: panicle conical; ra- 
mifications verticelled, three-flowered ; one Herings, 
sessile, with two awns; and twé-iddiectod; male, with one 
awn each, 
A native of mountains, flowering about the end of the we 
season, 
Root woody, perennial. Culms erect, simple, cy 
smooth, round, towards the base soiled, as thick as a small 
goose-quill ; from four to six feet high. Leaves approximated, 
eighteen inches long, and three quarters of an inch broad ; 
margins set with minute spines, and particularly hairy on the 
inside near the base. Panicles erect, conical, lax, from eight 
to ten inches long, composed of many verticelled, most simple 
‘filiform, waved, bowing, three-flowered branches, as in A, 
* iculatus, 
‘Hermapuropite Fiowers sessile. Calyx, glume one- 
. flowered, two-valved, inner valve awned, both hairy, having 
the base surrounded with much brown hair. Corol one-valv- 
ed, a long twisted awn occupying the place of the other. 
Stamens three. Style yellow. 
. Mate Frowers pedicelled, one on each side the herma-_ 
phrodite one; pedicels covered with brown hairs. Calyx, 
exterior into a little hairy, and awned, base involved in 
. peers: Geclannreleet: Lcaategenaan ie 
ss Linn, sp: pl. ed. Willd. iv. ‘912. 
} Leaves: ‘marty long. Panicle pepo: 
wa hay fei A 
