TBIANDRIA BIGYNIA, i6f 



Sp. pT. 1- p. 406. 

 Waft. p. 79- 



Festuca distichophylla, Mich. 1. 6r. Pursh, 1. p. 84. 



Boof creeping, perennial. Stem I foot high, erect, and ascenelingj 

 terete, glatjrous. JL/*at*e.s subulate, expandinij, acute, entire, smootli 

 on the under surface, 8ri;5htly i:;laucous and scabrous on the upper, in* 

 tutute ; slieaths lon2;er than the joliits; the thr(>at ciliate. Spikes 

 S— 10 flowered. Calyv 2, sometimes 3 i^alved, smaller than the" co- 

 rolla. Exterior valve of the corolla conior.^ssed, acute ; intenor 

 valve of the same length, rather obtuse. JS'^ cfaries :i, covering the 

 leerm, dilated aild obtuse at the summit. Ardhers white. Utijles half 

 the length of the corolla. -Sifg-mtts plumose. 



This plant has been transferred to tiie Fe.stuca,by Michaux ; but its 

 corolla, nectary, and stjles, show its connection with this genus. 



Grows ill places overflowed bj salt-at high tides. 



Flowers Julj — September. Sjpike-jloicercd XJuiola, 



3. Latifolia. Mi 

 U. panicula diffusa ; | 



spiculis longe-peduncu- 



lalis; calyce trivalvi : 



Panicle diffuse ; spikes 

 on long peduncles ; calyx 

 3 valved ; flowers mo- 



floribus monandris. E. j nandrous. 



ilich. l.p. ro. Pursh, 1. p. 82. ^ 



^ fioof perennial ? Stem 2 feet Ivigh, terete, glabrous. Leaves 4 6 



"»che9 Inches long, 4—1 wide, flat, smooth, with the margins sea 

 Irous; sheaths lon^-er than the joints ; throat cilliate. Fauide cwra 



mt- ' F*'*'^^'^ of the spikes h — U inches long. Spikes with 7 to 

 W fertile florets, and 2 or 3 at the summit, sterile. Exterior talvtf 



"[the zorolla acute, 12 nerved, besides the keel, nerves double ; keel 

 f'liate : interior valves shorter, with the reflexed margins finely ciliate 

 *nea viewed through a lens. 



J. Prom specimens c«)llected bj Dr. Maebride, in the mountains of Caro- 

 '"»• The leaves of these specimens are narrower than those of somp. 

 ^nt me from Pennsylvania, by Dr. iMuhlenburg; though the species is 

 *-«'tainiy the .same. 



Flowers August— September. Broad-leaved Uniola, 



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*• NiTiDA. Baldwin. 

 U. foliis planis, ar.^„„ 

 "S; panicula sparsa, pa- 

 llia,* spiculis subsessili- 

 "•^- paucis ; calycibus j nearly sessile ; . caly 



^^ 



Leaves flat, narrow; 

 panicle scattered, ex- 

 panding ; spikes few. 



l^^ivalvihus V floiibus mo- three valved; fl 

 ^andris. Bald. j nandrous. 



