340 TRIAXDRIA DIGYXrA. PoU. 



16. P. mult if or a. R. 



Sub-erect, snioolh, from six to eighteen inrhes lilgli. Fanicle 

 loiv^er ll:an the rest of the {)'ant, iioduin.;-. SpiJicletn ciowdtii, iiom 

 fifty to seventy-flo\VPted. Seed globular, 



Is foMiid on dry elevated places. 



Cdhns nearly erect, naked, exce[)t at the base, from six to twelve 

 inches liig'i, round, and smooth. — Leaven one or two near the base 

 of each culm, short; moutlis of the sheathsi a little haiiy. — Panicle 

 oblong, bowing; ramifirafio/is sub sessile, short, filiform, simple, 

 the lower collected into une or two remote branches ; the upper ones 

 alternate. Spikekts pcdicelled, very lom^, linear, from fifty to seven- 

 ty-flowei^d. — Culyx smooth, obtuse. — Ciiol smooth, outer valve 

 three-nerved. — Seed round, smooth, brown. 



17. P. miio'loides. Linn.Sp. F/.ed. JVil/d i.393. Retz. Obs v. 19- 

 Erect, smooth, from one to two feet high. Paiikle o\-d\e ; rami- 



Jicatioiis shoit, simple, below fasciced; above solitary, horizontal ; 

 spi/ce/ets long-pediceiied, from sixteen to twenty-flowered. Seed 

 oblong. 



Seii.^. Kg nee. 



A most elegant species, a native of dry elevated situations. 



Culms, below ramous, with a small portion resting on the ground, 

 the rest erect, and from one to twy feet high, round and smooth. — 

 Leaves few, small, and smooth ; mouths of the sheaths bearded. — 

 Panicles half as long as the whole plant, erect, oblong, thin; raniji- 

 ciitiom peduncled, filiform, disposed as in inultijlora. Spikslets ovate, 

 from sixteen to twenty-flowered, generally of a bluish pin pie colour. 

 Carol, outer valve three-nerved^ as in P. multijiora. — Seed oblong, 

 snioolh, brown. 



18. V.flexnom. Li. 



Sub-erect, flexuose, nodding, smooth, from eighteen to twenty-four 

 inches high. Panicle ovate, crowded ; ramijications solitary, ra- 



