^38 TRTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



The leaves of Ihig plant, and its size, which is tiuifonn, scarcely ac'- 

 cord with Michaux's description of the A.juncea; but t!ie Aimers 

 agree so exactly that I have adopted his name. I would have pre. 

 ferred verticillata, &S its branches are more rej^ularly verticillate than 

 in any other grass with which I am acquainted. 



Grows in dry, sandy, pine barrens. Common. ** 



Flowers May— August. Eush-like Jgrostif, 



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9. Clandestina. Muhl Cat. 



A. culiiio erecto; pan- I Stem erect; panicles 

 iculis appressis, terminal- appressed, terminal and 

 ilius axillaribusque ; co- | axillary ; corolla haiiy. 

 rolla pilosa. E. 



Root perennial ? Stem 3—4 feet high, terete, glabrous. Leaves n- 

 bout 1 foot long, 2—3 lines wide, scabrous on the upper surface, gla- 

 brous on the under, the mariiins sharply serrulate -, slieaths shorter than 

 the joints, hairy at the throat. The lateral panicles scarcely extend 

 out of their sheaths. Calyx, valves acute, entire, glabrous, somenliat 

 keeled, the keels finely serrulate; exterior valve not half the length of 

 tlie corolla; interior a little longer than the exterior. Corolla^nit- 

 nor valve acute, keeled, the keel serrulate ; the interior valve much 

 longer, convolute, the point elongate and scabrous; both hairy. An- 

 thers and Stigmas white. ' 



Grows in dry, sandy soils. Common about Beaufort. 

 Flowers September— l )ctober. Secret-f towering Ji^ostis'. 



10. Indica. 



A. panicuk contracta, I Panicle contracted, un 

 ttiutica; racemis lateral!- I awned ; racemes lateral 

 bus, erectis, alternis. I erect, alternate. 



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Sp. pi. 1. p. -375. 



Walt. p. 77. 

 Mich. 1. p. 52. 



Root perennial. Stem 2—5 feet high, erect, terete, glabro" 

 l.eaves 12—18 inches long, 1—2 lines wide, attenuated to a thread, 

 erect, very glabrous, with the margins finely serrulate, when di) ^^' 



orter than the joints, glabrous. Racemes alternate, 

 and aggregate. Calyx 2 valved ; valves unequal, the exterior larger; 

 both lanceolate, acute. Corolla, valves twice as long as the calj^' 

 the exterior valve acute ; the interior rather shorter, emarginate. *^«' 

 thers purple. Migmns white. 



Grows in pastures and about buildings. Is supposed to mark rich 

 sods. A fine pasture grass ; too slender for the scythe. 



*iowcrs July— November. Jndian Jigfo^^^^' 



volute; sheaths sli 



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