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TRONI3RIA DIGYNIA. 



9. VvnvvRAstizNs* E. 

 P. culmo sul)e recto : 



foliis prfclongis, purpii- j lea\ 

 rascentibus, ad iaucem 



Stem somewhat 



long, 



pilusld ,• spicis pJuriinis, 



basi 



purplish, 

 y at the throat; spikes 

 lero us, villous at base: 



I 



? 



floribus I flowers in ^ rows 



quaGi'iseriatis. 



E. 



R. virgatura, Wal 



Stem d5cun,bent ami ascending, terete, glabrous, branching, 2 feet 

 ;h. Leaves very long, 12—18 inches. 5— fi linps «;Hp. smhrous 



....... -.,«... ,.. , ,,M,^, ixi— 10 inches, 5—6 lines wide, scabrous 



a ..n|r the marpns,ha.ry near the basc,ra«arkab]e for their daik pur- 



r 1 -^''' iv" ^''*'";^' ^^'^^ *° t'^« ^»«'«- Pait of the stem. Sjkes 

 ,i7^-Hf f """■■! f ^•''"" ^^^'^ ''"^' crowded. i;«c/u-s ratlier mde, 

 straight, liairy at base dntlms saftVon colour. ' ^ii-mas dark pur- 

 ple. Seed nearly black. of 



This plant reserables much Sloan's figure, Hist. Jam. 1. p. IB 



b.irv If 7 ^\ ^^ . f'^*^""'' ^'^'^e of the calvx is neither short nor 

 hdiry, ,t must be considered a distinct species from the P. virgatum. 



Grows in most soils. Common, 

 r lowers Julj— October. 



TurpU Taspahrru 



DlSTICHUM. 



P. cuhuo repente 



I'lis bi 

 tlbus, nitidis 



b 



sh 



bus, altera sessili ; t^\yxn\\ 

 laiiceolatis. 



spicis dua. cous, sliinin 



eeping , 

 somewhat 



glaii 



E 



sittin 





Sp. pi. p. 332 

 Walt. p. 75. 



ceolatc 



spikes S 

 glumes Ian 



o»f ™?n;te 4''™ rf:^'^' «™'^°'^"=' ""-""S' *?"'"« 



bearing «tem\ " ' ^;' ^I'S''"? """prtssed, gkbrous ; the fio»"- 



«c.rte i,m« L. I'*'"*' ='''°'" ' '■'»" '■'S''- ■^*«w« 2 inches l»n& 

 o^e^M?™ '^4 f '™°»^' ^ »"ing, si>ri„kl?d ,vi,h a fe,v hairs; *e>& 



» lie Naves in „u,. ,,I,„, are I'levir kvolute 



Flowers tlu„„sh the whole »,„„„■. Creeping Pas^U^> 



