CLXI. GRAMINE.'E. 393 



brous nerved, twice lonj?er than the ovate-lanceolate glume; $t. about 2f hij^h, 

 erect,' scarcely scabrous; bracts and /(-.«!. lonp;, not wide; light green.— Wet 

 places in meadows, common, and has been ranked under C.biUlata. 

 138. C. MiRATA. Dew. (C. arista. Dew. noi of R. Br.) 

 c^ Spihrs 2 or more, long-cvHndric ; 9 spikes about '2, long-cylmdrie, pe- 

 dunculate, subdenso-flowercd,%ul>erect ; ]>crifr. ovale, conic, long rostrate, cos- 

 tate bifurcate, glabrous, subinllatod at the base, about equaling thr ovate, 

 long-setaceous or long-awned glume; sf. about 2f high, rough- Z«v. and W/:i5 

 lon|er than the stem ; light green.— Shores of lake Ontario. N. Y. SarticeU. 

 Also found in the State of Georgia. 



FIG. ...-1. Carex -. a sin.le, fertile flower -a the^lume ; 5 the P-.^'Tnia^^Sr^ J^^SS 



Order CLXI. GRAMINE^.— Grasses. 



H^bs perer,nial, with fibrous or bulbous [hi^^^J^ften annud^ ^^^^ ^^j^ 



bronom lisido or sliirale al the juncture of the blade and sncatn. 

 momcncf •™"S't,i,",f';jJ?^|K»rcZ7Sor'Uet, imbricated in 2ro>v,. 

 ^f^Z^i^^i{tXi:^^^^^X^i:S:^SJ A. me upper (ihteH.,, 



Scales —Innermost bracts (.nectary, Linn, rudimentdry peuus; o, [pogynous. 



&2pnTh"L'-.Wanf S«^^^^^ a. the ba,e, next the hiiunt. 



Lolium temulentum. The '^«'f'y''>'^:l^V}l"X^:^^^^ 



^et■eS'>;i»■K■A^o,,^!.pkrr^s^°/a-i-s 



