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TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



91. KOLCUS. Gen.pl. 1565. 



str'iatus. 1. H. panicula conferta oblonga : pedunculis brevissimis 



cunfertis ramosis, gluaiis bifloris striatis muticis acu- 

 minatis, foliis planis longis. — IVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 035. 



In swamps of Virginia, Cluyl. -\- . This species ap- 

 pears to belong to Aira. 

 fragrans. 2. H. panicula patula, glumis trifloris muticis, flosculis 



contertis, hermaphrodito intermedio diandro glabro, 

 masculis tnandris, valvula exteriore levissime ciliata, 

 dorso Isevibus. Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 936. 



H. odoratus. Mich.fl. amer. I. p. 56. 



In low meadows on the borders of lakes : Canada to 

 Virginia. ^.July. v. v. A very fine grass. 

 lanalus. 3. H. glumis bifloris, hermaphrodito mutico, masculi aris- 



ta flore multo breviore recurva. JVilld. sp. pi. 4. 

 p. 933. 



Icon Host. gram. 1. ^ 2. Schreh. gram. t. 20. f. 1. 



In low meadows, frequent. 1/ . June, July. v. v. 



92. SORGHUM. Pers. ench. \.p. \0\. Broom-grass. 



saccharatum . 1. S. panicula subverticil'ata patentissima, seminihus ellip- 

 ticis glumis villosis persisteutibus lectis. Pers. ench. 1. 

 p. 101. 



Icon. Mich, in act. helu. 8. t. 4. f.\. 



Cultivated tor the purpose of making brooms, and fre- 

 quently found in an apparently wild state. O- July. 



93. POA. Gen. pi. 114. Meadow-grass. 



trivialis, 1. P. panicula difTusa, spiculis trifloris, glumis lanceolatis 



quinquenervibus basi villo connexis, ligula elongata. 

 Smilhjl. hit. I. p. 103. IVilld. sp. pi. \.p. 337. 



Icon. Host. gram. 2. t. 62. Engl hot. t. 10/2. 



Common in meadows and fields, 1/ . June — Aug. v. v. 

 pralensis. 2. P. panicula diffusa, spiculis quadrifloris, glumis lanceo- 



latis quinquenervibus villo connexis, lis^ula abbreviala 

 obtusa. Smith Jl. biit. I. p. 104. IV'dld. sp.pl. 1. 

 p 388. 



Icon. Host. gram. 2. t. 6\. Engl. lot. t. 1073. 



In grassy fields, not so frequent. 2/ . May., June. v. v. 



