TRiANDRiA DiGYNiA. Milium. 63 



it on the spot where I first found it ; not being aWare 

 of its curiosity, until I examined the dried specimens. 



73. AGROSTIS. Gen. pi. in. Bent-grass. 

 * Aristatce. 



1. A. petalo exteriore arista recta stricta longissima, pani- SpicaventL 



cula patula. IV Hid. sp. pi. 1. p. 36l. 

 Icon. Host. gram. 3 . 1.4?. Engl. lot. g5 1 . 

 In rye-fields in Pensylvania and Virginia ; brought there 



by seeds of grain from Europe. . June, July. v. v. 



2. A. paniculae simplicissimae ramis adpressis, coroUis aris- tenuiflora. 



tatis, arista Aore longioribus. JVilld. sp. pi. 1. 

 p. 364. 

 On the banks of rivers : Virginia and Carolina. % . 

 July. V. V. 



3. A. paniculae ramis unifloris filiformibus, coroUis aristatis pauriflora. 



calyce inaequali duplo longioribus hirsutis vaginis vil- 

 losis. 

 On high mountains in Virginia and Carolina. 71 . July. 



V. V. 



Culmus sesquipedalis, glaber. Folia longissime-linearia, 

 villosa, nervosa. Vagince striatae, villosae. Ligula 

 brevis. Panicula simplicissima, ramis elongatis uni- 

 floris. Cal. valvis insequallbus, villosis, brevi-arista- 

 tis. Cor. oblonga, villosa, calycis valvula interiore 

 duplo longior, brevi-aristata. 



4. A. panicula elongata stricta, coroUis calyce minoribus : stricta. 



arista e basi petali lortili flore longiore. Willd. sp. 

 pi. I. p. 366. 

 In good meadow grounds, very frequent. "2/ . June, 

 July. V. V. 



5. A. calycibus elongatis, petalorum arista dorsali recurva, canlna. 



culmis prostratis subramosis. Willd. sp. pi. 1. p. 367. 

 Icon. Fl. dan. \6\. 

 In wet meadows, frequent. Brought from Europe. 



% . July. V. V. 



** Mutica, 



6. A. panicula patente, ramulis divaricatis capillaribus, ca- 

 lycibus aequalibus, petalo interiore duplo breviore re- 

 tuso. Smith, ji.hrit. \.p yg. 

 A. hispida. Willd. sp.pl. 1. p. 370. 

 A. capillaris. Reiz. scand. no. g5. 



vuharis. 



