_ Phleum. _TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA, : 313 
Obs, In the foliage this is portale like my P. nervosum 
Bat plicatum. seed) 
52. P. montanum. R. 
_ Culms erect; smooth, from three to four feethigh. Leaves 
lanceolate, unequally divided by thenerve. Panicle oblong ; 
ramifications capillary, straight. -Corol two-valved. Seed 
smooth, oval, three-nerved on the back. 
A native of the Circar mouniains, 
Root fibrous, froma ligneous perennial head, Culms erect, 
smooth, of a firm woody texture, as thick as a crow’s quill, 
and three to four feet high. Leaves lanceolate, large, beau- 
tifully striated lengthways, somewhat hairy, lower margins 
next the mouths of the sheath ciliate; the nerve divides the 
leaf unequally, which is an uncommon circumstance in grass- 
es, Panicle linear, oblong, from twelve to eighteen inches 
long, composed of straight, sub-erect, capillary ramifications. 
Flowers small, oval, remote. Calyx as in the genus, Corol 
as in the family ; this is one of the few instances of the want 
of a male or neuter floret, | Seed smooth, brown, with three 
stripes, 
-_PHLEUM. Schreb. gen. N. 123. 
Calys two-valved, sessile, linear, truncated, with a bicus- 
pid tip. Corol inclosed, 
1. P. crinitum, 
_ Grows in tufts, Culms ascending. Panicle linear, aa! : 
Ficoll whseriehceiteameanalts es 
_of the calyx awned wel ciliate, soueie re glume of 
-eorol awned, _ ee ‘rai re § Pa APs ct ee 
al paninn-ef Meek seaaiie di rtheri a of tisin. 
_ From the former country it was introduced into the Botanic 
garden by Dr. Buchanan ; and from the latter by Col. Hard- 
wicke. 
