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I'RIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



66. CENCHRUS. Gen.pl. 1574. 4 



trihulojdes. 1 . C. spica spiculis alternis, glumis femineis globosis muri- 

 cato-spinosis hirsutis. IV Hid. sp.pl. I. p.SiJ. 

 C. caroHnianus. IValt, fl. car. yg. 

 Icon. Sloan, hist. 1. t. 65. f. 1. 



Near the sea-shore, from New Jersey to Florida. . 

 June, July. v. v.; v.s. in Herb. (Falter. 



67. ORYZOPSIS. Mich.Jl.amer. l.p.5l. 



asperijoliu. I. O. culmo subnudo, foliis erectis subpvuigentibus asperis. 

 Mich. I. c. 



Icon. Mich. I. c. t. 9. 



On high mountain meadows : Canada and Pensylvania. 

 li. July, Aug. v.v. I observed this grass on the 

 Broad mountains of Pensylvania, and consider it worth 

 the attention of farmers, as the considerable large 

 seeds contain the finest flour of any grain I know. 



II. DIG YN IJ. 



68, ZIZANIA, Gen. pi. 1433. Indian Rice. 



anuatlca. 1 . Z, panicula pyramidata, inferne divaricata mascula, su- 



perne ."^picata ferainea, fulcris florum clavatis aristis 



longis, semine elongato. 

 Z. aquatica. Lambert, in linn, trans. 7. p. 264. 

 Z. palustris. Linn. mant. 2^5. Gron.virg.lA8. 

 Z. clavulosa. Mich.Ji.awer.l.p.75. 

 Icon. Lambert. Let. 13. Tuscarora or Wild Rice. 

 Jn all the waters from Canada to Florida, common. % . 



July, Aug. V. V. 

 miliacea. 2. Z. panicula effusa; glumis brevi-aristatis : masculis et 



femineis mixtis, semine ovato laevi. Mich.Ji. amer. 1. 



p. 74. 

 Z. aquatica. JFilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 3()4 ? 

 Icon. Sloan, hist. 1. /. 67 ? 

 On the tide water meadows and ditches : Pensylvania 



and Carolina. 7/. Aug. v.v. 



