12J TRIANDRTA. DIGYNIA. pestoca. 



mucronate,) scarious on the margin, obscurely 5-nerved ; su- 

 perior valve as long as the inferinr, siiglniy bifid at the apex 

 scabrous on the margin. Stamens 3 ; anthers yellow. Stigmas 

 white. 

 Hab. In meadows and fields. June — July. Introduced. 



Tliis species has been confounded with the preceding by 

 many b tanists; and they do not, indted, appear to differ much. 

 The F. elacior may be distinguished by its more divided panicle 

 and its acute mucronate florets. 



7. Ff nutans Willd.i panicle diflHise, at length nod- 

 dins:; branches long, geminate, naked below ; spikelets ovate, 

 3 _5. flowered ; florets somewhat obtuse, unarmed, nerveless, 

 Wiild. klnuin. k. Berol, I. p. 116, S p r e n s;, Mant F. 

 p. 34. Pursh Fl. 1. p. 84, M u h l. Gram. p. 165. E l- 

 liott Sk. \. p. 172. Roern. ^ He hull. II. p. 275. 



Root perennial, fibrous. Culm about 3 feet high, erect, simple, 

 terete ; nodes olack. Leaves a fool long, dark green, about 

 2 lines broad; strongly nerved, somewhat scabrous. Stifiule 

 very short, obtuse. Panicle few -flowered, loose. Sfiikelets 

 situated principally towards the extremity of the angular and 

 very scabrous branches, generally aboqt 3-fluwered, though 

 frequently bearing as many as 5 florets. Glumes lanceolate, 

 acuminate, iiot scarious, scabrous on the keel; superior glurn» 

 3-nervtd. Corolla coriaceous ; inferior valve ovate-lanceolate, 

 rather obtuse, or abruptly acuminate, naked, very obscurely 

 5-nerved, margin not scarious ; superior valve lanceolate, as 

 lo'ig as the inferior, strongly margined, bifid at the tip. Sta- 

 mens 3 ; anthers narrow, yellow. 



Hab. In woods, and in rocky secluded situations; common on 

 tne hills near Hoboken, Sec. June. 



This species is nearly allied to Poa, but wants the scarious 

 margin to the corolla. 



8. F.fascicularis Lam,: culm procumbent, geniculate ; 

 panicle subi^ecuiid ; branchesj straight, spike-like ; spikelets 

 a^>presstd. 8 — lO-flowered ; florets armed ; leaves very long. 

 F. polystachya Mich. Fl. 1. p. 66. W ill d. Ermm. ho 

 Berol. 1. I.. 117. Pursh Fl. J. p. 83„ Elliott Sk. I. 

 p. i09. F. procumbens Muhl. Gram. p. 160. Diplachne 

 fascicular'ts P.de. B tauv. K o e m. (^ S c A w / /. 1 1, p. 6 1 5. 

 Bromus pnte/orm/s Spreng^ Mant. I. p. 34. R. (^ S. II. 

 p. 653, Fest. multijlora Wall. Car. p. 81. 



Root annual, consisting of fascicles of simple fibres. Culm about 

 a foot long, much branched from the base, with short joints. 

 Leaves much longer than the culm, narrow, subulate towards 

 the extremity, prominently 5-nerved, somewhat scabrous. 

 Sheaths long and loose, compressed, smooth. Stifiule a fifiely 

 laciniated membrane. Panicle erect ; branches expanding, 

 composed of many simple spiked racemes. S/iikelets secund, 

 on short pedunclesj terete when moistened. Glumes linear- 



