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TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA, 



5. Mollis. Mii]il. Cat. 

 A. paniciila gracili, ra- 



Panicle slend 



cemosa; valva interiore mose: the interior valvo 



calycis obtusa : foliis li- I of the calvx 



obtuse 



nearibus. E, 



leaves linear. 



3 



Stem 1 — 2 feet liigh, terete, glabrous, naked towards the summit. 

 Leaves short, linear, with the sheaths shorter than tlie joints. Flowers 

 on alternate racemes, not crowded on the rachis. Exterior valve of 

 tJie cnly,v acute ; interior obtuse, with the margins nearly circular. 

 'Corolla 2-^alved, valves nearly acute; the interior shorter, general!/ 

 two cleft at the summit. 



Stigmas wl ite» 



To the preceding species this has much affinity. Its flowers and 

 racemes, however, are never crowded, as in the A. obtusata. Its stem is 

 more slender and naked, and it is in every respect a more delicate 

 plant. 



^ It varies with leaves pubescent, and glabrous. I have also a va* 

 rlety found in tiie pine barrens of Carolina, with the stem almost se- 

 tareous, leaves linear, involute, flowers more crowded on the racemes, 

 and the calyx and corolla rather more acute than in the plant described; 

 perhaps a distinct species. 



Grows in the middle and upper country of Carolina, plentifully. 



• ■' ' - , ^ ,, -^ Columbia, 



Not common in the low country. 

 ^r Herbemont. 

 Flowers April, 



Athens, Mr. Green. 



• Softdira 



MELICA. 



X 



US. 



Califx S-va1vis, g-iior- 

 Rudlrnentiim floris 



inter flosculos. 



1. GtiABiiA. Mich. 



M. p;lal)ra ; paniciila 



erecta, laxa: ramulissim- ,.,^^v , -. 



plicibiis, pau^ifl.jris ; flo- 1 few flowered; flowers witD 



Cfl///2;2-valved,2.floW. 



ered. Rudiment of a 

 flower between the flor- 



ets. 

 Glabrous; panicle erect, 



loose : branches simple 



) 



s glumis ijiiberbibus. 



rib II 



Persoon, i. p. 78. 



Mich. 1. p. 62. 



M. mutrica, Walt. p. 78. 



the glumes unbearded 



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