GO TRI ANDRIA.— DIGYNIA. 



HAB. woods. May— June U . Culm erect. 2 ft, 

 high, simple ;fl. shining, 

 i. K. truncata : leaves flat, smooth ; panicle oblong, 

 racemose ; calyx 2-flowered, with a third abortive 

 floret, unequal ; inferior glume a little scabrous, 

 obtuse ; corolla glabrous. 

 HAB. Dry woods. June If. Culm 2ft. high, slen* 

 der ; cal. very unequal ; inf. glum, obliquely trun- 

 cate. 

 p. jnajor : panicle large, a little spreading ; leaves 

 broad-linear, very long. 



73. URALEPIS. 



U. aristulata : lateral panicles concealed in the sheaths 

 of the leaves ; terminal ones partly exsert ; calyx 

 3-flowered ; bristle of the corolla as long as the 

 lateral cusps. 

 HAB. Sandy sea-shore, and in fields. Aug. 0. 

 Cespitose, procumb. at base; leaves subulate, pun- 

 gent, hairy ;fl. axill. and term., purple. 



74. TRICUSPIS. 



T. seslerioides : panicle expanding and flexuous : 

 spikelets all pedunculate, about 6-flowered, lanceo- 

 late ; inferior valve of the corolla ovate, 5-toothed. 



HAB. Sandy fields. Aug. y. . Culm 4-5 ft. high, 

 erect, smooth ; pan. very large, purp. ; glum, une- 

 qual, ovate, mucronate. 



75. FESTUCA. Fescue-grass. 



J. F. Myurus : panicle slender, crowded, equal ; spike- 

 lets about 4-flowered ; florets subulate, awned. 

 hairy, monandrous. 

 HAB. Sandy soils. June © Culm 6-8 in. high, 

 genie, at base ; leav. subulate ; awn twice as long as 

 thejl. 



I. F. tenella : panicle spiked, very simple, secund ; 

 spikelets mostly 9-flowered ; bristles shorter than 

 the subulate florets ; culm iilifiorm, angular above ; 

 leaves setaceous. 

 HAB. Sandy soils and on hills. June. 0. Culms 

 numerous, 8-14 in. high, straight: sheaths pubes- 

 cent ; cal. decid. 



