'3off TRtANDRTA DiGYNiA. Tanicunt. 



35. p. strktum. R- 



Culms straight, from two to iliree feet high. Spikes compound 

 cylindiic, snaight, with naineious expanding spikelets. Glumes of 

 the calyx hairy, and acute. Curol ihree-valved, the innermost one 

 awned. 



Ben^. Gang bena. 



A iiuuve ui licugal, where it is found, though rarely, on dry bar- 

 ren S,)0'S. 



Cubm straight, from one to three feet liigh, slender as a crow quill, 

 haiiy, parlicuhirly at and near the joints. — -Leaves short, straight, 

 broadest at tlie base, and from thence tapering to a fine point ; a 

 little haiiy, particnlaiiy undemealh. — Sheaths more hairy, their 

 months beardcil willi nuich long, solt, white hair. — Spikes, (pani- 

 cles) cv'.indiir, straight, com[)osed of numerous, one-ranked, expand- 

 ing, short spikelels. — Flowers paired, on shorter and longer pedi- 

 cels which unite before then insertions into the rachis of the spike- 

 Jets. — Cali/r, valvelets acute ; two exterior with a few straight hairs, 

 inner one smooth ; corol-like. — Coral ihree-valved, the inner and 

 smaller one awned. 



SQ.P.hispidulum. Retz.Obs.s.p. IS.Linn.Sp. Pl.ed JViild.i.346. 



Culms erect, froui three to four feet high. Spikes panicled, erect, 

 lanceolate; spike/ets iieamd ; Jiuzoers two-fold, both sub-sessile; 

 valvelets of the ca^yx bsistly, the middle one daggered, the inner one 

 awned ; corol three-valved ; seed ovate, pointed, polished. 



Heurr 13«rj-Siiama. 



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Grous on the borders of rice lands, and rich moist places. Is ne- 

 ver cultivated nor made any use of. 



Calms erect with a few erect branches.— I ^ar?s long, narrow, 

 fine-pointed, smooth Spikes straight, panicled, composed of nu- 

 merous, secund, erect spikelets, surrounding the common four, 



five, cr six-sided rachis Flozcers numerous, almost always two 



together and equally sub-sessile.— Ca/j/.r, all the three valves harsh 

 with numerous sharp bristles issuing bom the nerves of the glumes. 



