kkw rortus jamaicens'isk s? 



euter ciliate at top, even when ripe, villose; the other smooth. Valves of the corolla 

 v.i the hermaphrodite floret ovate, yellow, shining ; anthi rs whitish ; stigmas very mi- 

 kute, viiiose, whitish; seed white, shining; in the male, valves less, ovate, yellow;, 

 one less than the other ; filaments two or tiiree, with very minute anthers. Native of 

 Juuiuica in the high mountains near Coldspring, iii St. Andrew's parish. i'w. 



18. GLUTMNOSUM. GLUTINOUS. 



Grainen miliaceum, sylvatkum, maximum, semine albo. Sloane, v. 

 I, p 114, t 71, f. 3. Silvestris ramosa tenuis panicula laxa. 

 Browne, p. 138. 

 Panicle compound, spreading ; branches flexuosc ; spikelets pedicelled, distant, 

 glutinous; culm erect, simple; leaves broader. 



Culm three or four feet high, hollow, smooth, ieafy; leaves broad-lanceolate, an 

 inch in breadth, more than a foot in length, acuminate, erect, rounded at the base, 

 hairy, ciliate at the edge, marked with lines, smooth, somewhat rugged underneath ; 

 i faths long, close, smooth, contr :d al the neck ; ligule villose. Panicle almost a 

 { it long, erect; branches in a sort of -whorl, scattered, villose at the base, spreading, 

 sub-divided, son. what rigid; the last capillary; spikelets roundish, larger, shining, 

 on flexuose capillary pedicels. Valves of the calyx equal, ovate, blunt, smooth, glu- 

 tinous; valves of the-corolla in the bermaplrrodite floret smaller, whitish; filaments 

 capillary, whitish; anthers purple; stigmas hairy, purple; seed roundish, bardish, 

 w.i.te, shining. Outer valve of the corolla in the neuti r floret, ovate, obtuse, smooth ; 

 in ler smaller, and more tender. Native ol Jamaica in the southern part:-, in the woods 

 qf the highest ni iiintaitis. It is called ginger {trass, on account of the width of the 

 leaves. Thegr at clamminess of. the spikelets, whence its trivial name, is peculiar to 

 this species. >:;'. 1J; iwne calls it the large millet reed. He says it is common in the 

 woods, rising b- its slender branching stalks six or seven feet, and generally supported 

 by neighbouring hushes : . it is a hearty and agreeable fodder for all kinds of cattle. 



"19. TRICHOIDRS. HAIR-LIKE. 



Gramen miliaceum riiidefoHis lot is bi evibtts, panicula capp'Uacca, 

 semine a. bo. Sloane, v. 1, p. 113, t. 72, f. 3. Sylvaticus minor, 

 panicula sparsa, jvliis brevioribus lanccolato-o-jatis. Browne, p. 



, ooG. 



Panicle very much branched, spreading; branches and branchlets sub-divided, 

 capillar',* ; culm declined, jointed ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, very smooth. 



Culm one or two fe^t high, sometimes rooting, sub-divided at the base, loose, 

 round, smooth, leafy; knots approximating, smooth; leaves acute, rounded, and 

 oblique at the base, entire, spreading, striated; sheaths close, longitudinally striated, 

 ciliate; ligule open, hairy. Panicles erect, often from the bosom of the upper leaf, 

 as from a spathe ; branches in alternate clusters, multifariously sub-divided, spreading 

 very much, so fine that toe extreme ones are scarcely visible; spikelets distinct, pedi- 

 celled, very minute, oolong, green. Outer valve of the calyx very small ; inner ovate, 

 scarcely sharp, striated a little. Valves of the corolla, in the hermaphrodite floret, 

 equal, ovate; anthers whitish; stigmas feathered, pale; seed oblong, shining, very 

 minute. Outer valve of the corolla, in the male or neuter floret, ovate-acute; inner 

 auiuute, white, flattioh. This is Linneus' species brevij'olium, triehoides .is more des- 



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