116 TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. kceleria. 



28. K(ELERIA.t Per so on. 



Cnlyx 2 — 4-flowered, shorter than the florets. Infe- 

 rior valve of the corolla mucronate, or with a short 

 bristle a linle below the tip. P e r s. Sijn. I. p. 97. 

 Kiitt. Gen. I. p. 74. Roem. ^ Scliult. Gen. 320. 

 P. de Beaiiv. t. XVII. f. 4. Air a Tr i n. Airrost. 91. 

 AiR/E spp.L. &:c. Graphephorum P.dtB. Panicle 

 spiked, 



1. K. pennsyhiinica De Cand.: leaves flal, and with 

 the sheaths softi) pube-^ceut ; panicle oblong, slender, ratlier 

 loose; calyx 2-llowered ; glurnes nearly equal; (he inferior 

 one oblong, obtuse, asid siigiitl) rmfcronate ; superior valve of 

 the corolls scabrous. De Cand. Cat, H, Monsp. (1813.) 

 p,ll7. R o e m. 4^ S c h u 1 1, W. p.2&\. Ai ha mollis M ti k L 

 Gram. p. 8c5. A. pumsylvanica Spren^. 



Root perennial. Culm erect, about 2 feet high, simple ; nodes 

 black and contracted. Leaves an inch and a half long, very 

 narrow. Sli/iule short, retuse. /'a7«c/c about 3 inches long ; 

 ^flowers shilling. Superior glume of the cahjx 3-nerved, in- 

 ferior glume much narrower, acute. Vaives of the lower 

 jftoret nearly equal; the inferior valve smooth, lanceolate; the 

 superior membranaceous, niuch narrowed at the base, lacerate 

 and obtuse at the tip. Superior Jioret pedicellate ; inferior 

 valve very scabrous ; snperior valve shorter, with an abortive pe- 

 dicel at the base, which is a continuation of the rachis. Stamens 

 3 ; anilicrs purple. Stigmas plumose, purple. 



Hab. In woods; particularly in rocky situations. May — June. 

 A. nitida S/ireng. Mant. I. p. 32. seems to be only a va^- 

 rieiy of this species. 



2. K. trujicaia*: leaves flat, smooth ; panicle oblong, 

 jracemose ; calyx 2-flowered, with a third abortive floret^ 

 unequal ; inferior glume a little scabrous, obtuse ; corolla 

 glabrous. A. truncala Muhl. Gram. p. 83. A. tnjlura 

 Elliott Sk. I. p. 1 53. A . pallescrns K it aib. Roe m. <^ 

 Schult. U. p. 685. A.melicoides Mich. Fl, 1. p. G2 ? 

 HoLCUs striatus L, Sp.pl. 1486. 



Root perennial. Culm 2 feet high, slender, Leaves 4—6 inches 

 long, narrow and smooth. Stifiule oblong, membranaceous. 

 Flo-ivers in a loose racemose /zanfc/c, 4 — 6 inclies long. Calija? 

 very unequal ; the inferior glume linear and very acute ; the 

 other oblong, 3-nerved, obliquely truncated, or a little acute at 

 the tip, scabrous on the sides and keel. Florets lanceolate ; 



f Omitted in the synopsis of the g-pnera. It slionld take the place a^ 

 AiHA (No. 28.) which pliould be placed afte^: Avkna (No. 39.) 



