Class XXHL Order I. 



POLYGAMIA. 



MONCECM. 



277. ANDROPOGON. 

 ANDROPOGON NUTANS. L. Beard grass. 



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Panicle nodding, awns twisted, polished ; 

 glumes of the calyx rough -haired. 



Syn. ANDROPOGON A VEXACEUS. Mich. "** 



A tall, handsome grass. Culm and sheaths smooth. Leaves 

 rough. Panicle very long and slender, somewhat nodding. Pe- 

 duncles smooth, some of the partial ones a little hairy. Valves 

 of the calyx hairy ; those of the corolla mostly smooth, and of a 

 bright chesnut colour. The fertile flowers have a long, bright 

 awn, twisted in its lower half, and bent at an angle about its 

 middle. Borders of woods. September. Perennial. 



278. HOLCUS. 

 HOLCUS ODORATUS. L. Seneca grass. 



Glumes three flowered, awnless, pointed ; the 

 perfect flower with two stamens. 



An erect, early grass, with a small panicle of short flowers. 

 Stem, sheaths and leaves glabrous ; the leaves of the stem very 

 short. Panicle erect, with a few horizontal or divaricated 

 branches. Calyx of two smooth, thin, transparent, swelling 

 valves, rounded at the base, and acute at the point. Florets 

 three in each calyx, the two lateral ones barren, their outer 

 valve ciliate ; the middle one fertile, and furnished with only- 

 two stamens. Styles two. Meadows, Cambridge, Brighton. 

 May. Perennial. 



Among our indigenous grasses this is one, which appears 



