12fl TRIANDRTA. DTGYN1A. Agrost'n. 



A. min'ima. Catyx, husks equal blunt, -mooth. 



(l) ITith awns. 



Spi'ca.vcn'ti. A. Petals entire, outer petal with «i stiff, straight, and very 



long awn: panicle spreading Linn. 



Fl.dan. S.VW/. ox. viii. 5, rtnu'I. 3-J. B. ii. 46 2- Leers 

 4. \-Scbeneb. 3. W. 



Straw smooth ish. Leaves flat, rough. Sheatb-scale frin 



Panicle s to 12 inches long : branches from 2 to 4 inches. Col. 

 valves nearly equal, one of them slightly serrulated. Blm* 

 valves equal in length, the inner narrower. Aiv* <ti\nght, near 

 thrice the length of the blossom, and fixed immediatel) bctor 

 its point. 



Silk/ Bent. Sandy fields common, particularly amongst com. 



A. June. Aug.* 



palus'tris. A. Calyx husks equal, blossom outer valve \\\ ice th leng 



and breadth of the inner; awn straight, much short* 



than the Moroni, fixed a little beneath it- point* 



Straw nearly smooth, creeping nd sending out fibrous rood 

 and branches from the joints as in Agr. stolonifera. Leave* 

 broad, very rough, those on the stem from 4 to 5 inches looti 

 very taper-pointed j those on the branches shorter. Sheath 

 rough. Sbeath.sc a!t long. Panicle 6 inches long, branches f 

 to t inches, spreading, the longer ones bare at the base, tk 

 shorter ones crowded with florets down to the main fruitstaB- 

 Calyx j husks equal, both serrulated on the keel, the inner only 



ors its upper half. RUsu £ shorter than the calvx, outer valve 



• I /* 1 I • • * • m • # -1 



with a short awn, fixed beneath its point ; inner valve but £ :1* 

 length and breadth of the outer. /fur* | the length o* the 

 outer valve of the blossom, and fixed \ its own length below its 



point. 



Specim< om Dr. Goodenough, who considers it as an a*mel 

 var. of the Agr. alba palustris of Hudson; but until the fccf* 

 supporting this opinion of the accidentally of the awns be fairly 

 brought forward, and fully established, we must consider it as * 

 distinct species, though certainly approaching very near to the 

 AgT llba in its gercral habit. 



[In swamps and moist ditches. Dr. Goodenough.] 



P. June, Juljr- 



cani'na. A. Calyx a Ives nearly equal : blossom valve? very un- 

 equal : awn jointed, twic the length of the blos- 

 som, fixed just below its middle. 



• It is liable to be smutted. St. Hones and goats eat it, sheep refa* ll 



