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THIANDRIA DIGYNIA 



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This species in its habit approaches the nearest to the U. ht'Mik 



from which however it is readily distinguished by its leaves, it$ tbin 

 spreading panicle, its smaller and fewer flowered spike. 

 Height 2 — 5 feet and upwards* Baldwin.* 



Grows at Crooked river bridge, Camden county, Georgia. 

 Flowers June — Julv, 



Panicle racemose, ap 



5. Gracilis. Mich. 



U. panicula racemosa, 

 appressa, g;racili ,• calyce | pressed, sicndei 

 3-valvi, 3-floro ; floii'bus 3 valved, 3 flowered ; 



^axe imbricalis, monan- flowei s Jooselj imbricate, 



calvx 



dris. 



E. 



monandrous. 



Mich 



Pursh. 1. p. 82. 



^ Boot perennial. Stem erect, 2 feet high, terete, glabrous. Lemt 



linear, acute, flat, glabrous, smooth on the under surface, scabrous on 



tiie upper; sheaths shorter than the joints, with long hairs scattered 



along the margins ; throat hairy. Panicle long, slender, erect, with 



the branches appressed. Spikes 3 flowered. Anthers and S\ ' 

 purple* 



Grows in rich soils, preferring damp and shaded situations. Ver^ 



sums 



common. 



Flowers through the summer. 



SleiuUr 



FESTLCA. Gex. PL. 419. 



Calyx 2 valvis. 



^i- 



ciila oblonga, teretiuscula 

 glumis acuminatis. 



1. Ten ELLA. 



? 



Calyx ^ \2L\s'tA, Sjnj^e 

 oblong coluninar, with 

 the glumes acuminate. 



F. panicula simplicis- \ Panicle simple, secund 5 



spikelets generally eigW 



sima, secuuflaj spiculis 

 suboctofloris, aristatis. 

 Sp. pi. 1. p. 4(9. 



floweredj awued. 



? 



Pursh. I. p. 83. 



Festuca octoflora, Walt. p. 81. 



Festuca bromoides, Mich. 1. p. 66. 



• Tt gives me much pleasure to mention, tlut Dr Baldmfi has P'^^^jji, 

 acnd me in future not only specimens but descriptions of the new pla"" * 

 vhich he has enrxlud, and wiU continue to ennch the flora of the So"\"\j 

 S' tes ; and that I shall probably be able to add from his pen many obscrvau 

 on the known pfunts, which have hitJierto been inLiccurateJj or '^^P^"" v.ng 

 scribed The notes of so accurate and skilful a Botanist, made from ^"*^.%w 

 plants, will not only prevent the mistakes and omissions which m"''- ""frtrh" 

 recur in the examination of dried specimens, but will add to this "Steiw 



ttass of original observations, \vliicli must CTeatly cnkancc its mduc 



