76 TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. paspalubi. 



Root perennial. Culm about a foot and a half long, slender, 

 simple. L'\.ve& 4—8 inches long, flat, distinctly ciliate on the 

 margin. Sfiike generally solitary, terminal, on a long peduncle 

 proceeding Irum the uppermost slieath ; sometimes with an- 

 other spike on a shorter peduncle proceeding from the same 

 sheath. Floitiers plano-convex, very obtuse, smooth, arranged 

 on short, bifid, compressed pedicels^ closely compressed to the 

 rachis, and appearing as if arranged in three distinct rows. 

 Rachis membranaceous, flexuous, rounded on the back. Glumea 

 of the calyx equal ; the inferior one 3-nerved. Corolla very 

 smooth ; inferior valve embracing the superior, which is flat 

 and orbicular. Seed plano-convex. 



Hab. In dry sandy fields. New-York and New-Jersey. Sep- 

 tember. 



2. P. aetaceum M i c k. : culm erect ; leaves and sheaths 

 villous ; spike generally solitary ; flowrcrs in 2 roves. M ich„ 

 r/. I. p. 43. Elliott Sk. 1.^^.104, PuTsh FIA.^.IO. 

 P. pubescens M uhl. Gram. p. 92. Paspalus setaceus 

 F lugg. Rotm.^Schult. II. p. 306. 



Root perennial. Culm slender, 1-^2 feet high, simple. Leaves 

 hairy on both sides. Margin and upper part of the sheaths 

 hairy. Sfiike on a very long terminal peduncle, generally with 

 another on a short peduncle proceeoing from the same sheath. 

 Rachis convex on the back, hairy at the base. Flowers on 

 short bifid pedicels. Calyx, corolla, &c. £;> in the preceding 

 species. 



Hab. In dry sandy fields. New-York and New-Jersey. Deer- 

 field, Massachusetts. Coo ley. Pennsylvania. Muhlen^ 

 berg. 



Paspalum No. 8. (anonymous) Mu h I. Gram. p. 97, seems 

 to be a variety of this species. 



3. V.lizve. Mich.: erect; very smooth ; leaves short 5 

 spikes numerous (3 — 6,) alteiT.ate ; flowers 2- rowed, smootho 

 ./Ific/i. F/. 1. p. 44. Elliott Sk.].ip.\06. M uhl. Gram. 

 p. 98. PurshFl.].\).7]. Paspalus Icevis F lugg. 

 Roem. ^ Schult. II. p. 29G. 



Root perennial. Culm about 2 feet high. Leaves broad-linear, 

 entirely smooth. Sjiikes about 5, distant, a little spreading, 

 with a few long hairs at the base of each. Pedicels undivided, 

 1-flowered. Flowers subovate, as large again as those of P. 

 ciliatifolhim. Calyx, corolla, &c. as in No. 1. 



Hab. On the banks of the Schuylkill, near Philadelphia. In 

 Pennsylvania. Muhlenb erg. September — October. 



4. P. stoloniferuni Base: spikes in elongated racemes, 

 somewhat verticillate, spreading; flowers serrulate-ciliate, 

 transversely rugose ; leaves short, subcordate ; culm procum- 

 bent at base. P ur s h Fl. I. p. 71 . B s c in Lin. Trans. 

 U. p. 83. t. 16. Willd. Spec. I. p. 331. P. racemosum 



