100 TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. ovmnopogon. 



nearly equalling the other, bifid at the tip. Stamens 3, ex- 

 sertcd. Styles short; stiifinas plumose. Sfcd oblong, sulcate. 

 Budiment on a pedicel 2-tiiirds the length of the perfect flower, 

 sonnetiines a mere awn, but generally with a minute valve» 

 rarely 2-valved. 

 Hab. Sandy fields in the pine-barrens of New-Jersey. August. 

 Ti'is genus is very properly separated from Andropogon 

 by Be an vols and JSTiittalL Ii is more nearly allied to 

 Chloris than to Andropogon. I have adopted the name of 

 the loruier of these einuieni botanists, on account of its pri- 

 ority. 



20. PHALARIS. L. 



Calyx 1-flowert'd, 2-valvcd, nearly equal, membra- 

 naceous, gibbous oil the buck, carisiate. Corolla 

 2-valvvd, coriaceous, hairy at the base, shorter thaa 

 the cilyx. 11 idi merits opposite, sessile, resembling 

 valves. A>6tar7e',9 collate.nil. Gen. pi. 106. JVutt. 

 Gen. 1. p. 48. .A?/.v.y. p. 29. Roem. Jif Schult. 

 Gen. 246. P.diBeauv. t. VII. L 1. Phalaris 

 et Digraph IS Trin. Agrost. 56 & 60. Flowers 

 geiieraliy in compound, ovdte, or eloni'^dted, spikes. 



Canary grass» 



1. I*, americana Ell.: panicle ohlons^, spiked; glumes 

 of the cal\x boat-sbaped, s-.-rrulate ; roroila unequal, rudi- 

 ments hairy. Elliott S/'c. I, p. lOl . V. 'irundiimcea M i c ho 

 fl. I. p. 43. Pursh Fl. I, p. 65. M u h I. Gram. p. 89. 

 F. cnri,liniann W alt. Car. p. 74.'/] C'ALAMAGhoSTis color- 

 at' J'J'utt. Gen. 1. p. 46. 



Eo.t perennial. Culm 2 — 5 feet high, erect, a little branching, 

 tfiete, sm'-oth. Leavta bioad-iinear, carinate, smooth, excf pt 

 on the niarij;in. Slieatlis open, striate. Sfi/ii/le metidiranaceous, 

 ovale. Panicle or spike a little spreading whtn old, 2 — 4 inches 

 long. Glumes of tiiec^/i/x compressed towards the tip, rough 

 on the keel, 3-iiervcd, finely fringed on the margin. Corolla 

 a little sunrtey, than the calyx, covered with appressed hairs; 

 the inferior valve' ovate, swelling; the superior lanceolate, 

 bifid. Stamens 3; anthers linear, yellow. Styles 2; stigmas 

 villose. JVi'ctaries ovate, entire. Seed oblong, black. 



Hab. Iri swamps and bog-meadows. Hackinsack meadows, 

 New- Jersey. Wiliiamstown, Massachusetts. Dewey. Penn- 

 sylvarua. Muhlenberg. July. 



2. P. canariensis L. : panicle subspiked, ovate ; calyx 

 boat-ehaped, entire at the apex ; rudiments smooth. Will d. 



I " P. carolimnna. P. panicula spicata ovata. petalis aristatis, calycibuS 

 etriatis." Walt. i.e. ^ 



