334 TRIANDRIA D1GYNIA. Poa. 



contracted, linear, with the lower ramifications remote. Spike- 

 lets from six to twelve-flowered ; inner valvelets of the corol 

 ciliate. 



Delights in the same soil and situation with the last de- 

 scribed species. 



Culms near the base procumbent, above erect for one or 

 two feet. Leaves as in the last. Panicle linear, from three 

 to six inches long, the ramifications short, those of the lower 

 part stand at some small distance, their insertions are not 

 hairy. Calyx from six to twelve-flowered, not ciliate. Corol, 

 only the inner valve ciliate. Seed as in the last. 



6. P. cylindrica. R. 



Erect, slender, from twelve to eighteen inches high. 

 Leaves slender. Panicle cylindric, crowded with short, ad- 

 pressed, ramous, alternate branches. Spikelets from six to 

 twelve-flowered. Flowers diandrous, inner valve of the corol 

 ciliate. 



From Canton in China the seed was received into the Bo- 

 tanic garden, where the plants grow freely and blossom dar- 

 ing the rains and the cool season. 



7. P. ciliata. R. 



Smooth, sub-erect, from one to two feet high. Panicle co- 

 lumnar ; spikelets from six to twelve-flowered ; margins of 

 all the valvelets of the calyces and corols ciliate. Seed glo- 

 bular. 



Is generally found on a poor dry soil. 



Root perennial. Culms erect, rigid, smooth ; from one to 

 three feet hioh. Leaves smooth ; mouth of the sheaths dow- 

 ny. Panicle columnar, from two to four inches long, branches 

 thereof crowded, insertions hairy ; spikelets from six to twelve- 

 flowered. Calyx, margins ciliate. Corol, the margins of both 

 valves much ciliate, the exterior one has three nerves and is 

 pointed, the inner one two-nerved. Seed obovate, smooth, 

 brown, dropping- from the corol when ripe. 



