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nervibns glabris, foliis brevibas. — Willd. sp. pi. 1, 

 p. 392. 

 Icon. Host. gram. 2. .' Gq ? 



In low sandy grass fields : Virginia, Carolina, &c, 1/ . 

 June, July. v. v. The spikes are of a greenish colour 

 and long. 



18. P. panicuia erecta : ramis inferioribus inferne nudis, spi- quinquefida. 



ciilis oblongis alternis subsessilibus sexfloris, fioscuio- 

 rum valvaextenore dorso inferne marginibusque vil- 

 losa apice qainquetida, vaginarum collo axiilisque pa- 

 niculae pilosis, foliis cvilmoque erecto glabris. 



P. seslerioides. Mkb.fi amer. 1. p. 6S. 



In mountain meadows, frequent ; New England to Ca- 

 rolina. Commonly called i^(?c?- /op. 1/. July, Aug. 

 V. V. A most excellent grass. I have seen mountain 

 meadows in Pennylvania, where they mow this grass 

 twice a year, producin'j; most excellent crops each time, 

 without manure, or any other trouble than the mow- 

 ing, lasting for the space of sixteen years, without 

 the least decline in the crops, the soil at the same time 

 being a very rndifferent one. 



19. P. panicuia laxa patula erecta, spiculis llnearibus duode- pectinacea. 



cimfloris : rachi deflorata valvulis flosculorum interio- 

 ribus persistentibus pectinata, fioribus ovatis acumi- 

 natis trinervibus, vaginaram collo axiilisque paniculae 

 pilosis, foliis culmoque erecto glabris. — Mich.Ji. amer. 

 1. p. 6p. 

 In sandy fields : New Jersey to Carolina, and the west- 

 ern territories, frequent. ©.July. v.v. 



20. P. panicuia divaricata ramosissima, spiculis pendulis li- spectahilis. 



nearit)us deoemfloris, floribus ovatis acutis margine 



dorsoque scabris, vaginarum collo axiilisque panicuia 



pilosis, foliis culmoque erecfo Orevi glabris. 

 Poaamabilis. TFa/t.Ji. car. bO. 

 In dry barren sand- fields : New York to Carolina. ©. 



July. V. V. A beautiful grass : the large panicle is 



purple mixed with green stripes. 



21. P. paniculis fasciculatis, .spiculis subsessilibus longissimis reptans. 



multifloris, floribus obloni^is acutis lax-s, foiiis bre- 

 vibus pubescentibus, culmo ramoso repente.— uli'icrt. 

 Jl. amer. I. p. 6g. 



P. hypnoides. Lam. encycl. 5. p. S/. 



Icon. Mich. I. c.t. 11. 



In mossy swamps and shady places : Persylvanla, Vir- 



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