TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. Stipa, 73 



In barren dry woods : Virginia, Carolina, &c. 1/ . June. 



V. V. 



4. S. foliis convoluto-filiformibus, panicula pauciflora : ra- licolor. 



mis simplicibus l-'i-Horis, calycibus oblongis acumi- 

 natis semine vix longioribus, corollis stipitatis : stipite 

 barbato. — Fa/il. symb. 2. p. 24. 



S. barbata. Mkh.Jl. uvier. i. p. 53. 



S. avenacea. IFull.Ji car.yj. 



S. vlrginica. Pers. ench. \.p. 99. 



Icon. Cav. ic. 5. t. 40(3. f. 2 ? iVmter- green. 



In shady woods : Virginia to Georgia. ]/ . July, Aug. 



V. V. 



5. S. foiiis tereti-filiformibus longissimis, panicula efFusa sericea, 



tenuissime capillacea, calyce corolla parva triplo bie- 

 vioie, aristis nudis strictis. Mkh.Jl. ar/ier. 1. p. 54. 



S. capillaris. Lam. encycL 7. p. 450. 



S. diffusa. Walt.Ji. car. 78. 



In sandy fields : New Jersey to Carolina. ~ll . June — 

 Aug. V, V. This elegant grass, whose silky purple 

 panicles exceed in beauty any other I know, seems to 

 deviate from the rest of this genus, particularly in the 

 short glumes of the calyx, and almost deserves to be a 

 separate genus. 

 Q. S. foliis striatis glabris glaucescentibns, spicis alternis expansa. 



paniculatis expansis, floribus sessilibus remotis, caly- 

 cibus corolla longioribus, arista brevissima nuda. — 

 Lam. encycL. 7. p. 453. 



In Carolina. Bosc. +. 



7. S. foliis arundlnaceis, panicula elongata aristata, pe- stricta. 



dunculis articulatis strictissimis, aristis nudis subflex- 

 uosis. Lam. encycL 7. p. 453. 

 In Carolina. Fraser. +. 



84 SACCHARUM. Gen. pi. 1C4. 



J. S. vaginis lanatis, gluma villis breviore, valvis exterio- 

 ribus vilio&is. Pers. ench. I, p. 103. 



Erianthus saccharoides. Mkh.Jl. amer. I, p. 55. 



Anthoxanthum giganteum. l-Falt.ji. car. 65. 



Andropogon culmo paniculate. Gron.fl. vlrg. 133. 



In low places generally among rocks ; Virginia to Flori- 

 da, rare. 1/. July, Aug. v. v. From five to nine feet 

 high, with very large panicles, which when in flower 

 are extremely handsome. 



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