TRTANDRIA DlGYlTlA* 



in 



6. DURIUSCULA. 



F. panicula secunda, 

 cbloiiga, ramosa; spi u- 

 lis sexfloris, suhcylindri- 



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Panicle secund, oblong, 

 Iirancliing ; spikelets six 

 flowered, nearly cylindri- 



ds; foliis radicalil)us se- I cal ; radical leaves seta* 

 taceis, cauliiiis planis. Sp. | ceous, stem leaves flat. 

 pi. L p. 4^ I . 



Eog. Botany, No. 470. Pursh 1. p. 82 



/Zoof perennial, (Smith). Stem 12 — 18 inches high, erect, colum- 

 ^ glabrous. Leaves 4 — 6 inches long, 2 lines wide, subulate, slight- 

 IjtcabroMs; gheatlis longer than the jeints; stipules membranous, 

 try short. Panicle erect, branches leaning one way, geueraliy 

 wort, simple. Spikes racemose on very short peduncles, 6 — 8 flow» 

 »red. Valves of the calyx unequal, very acute, smaller than the co- 

 wlla. Exterior valve of the corolla lanceolate, very acute, but not 

 'wwd; interior similar, but smaller ; the keels serrulate, and under 

 • strong lens, a fine pubescence is visible all over the corolla. 



Found near. Savannah by Dr. Baldwin. Has doubtless been intro- 

 <roced from Europe. 



blowers 



^. Grandiflora 



F. panicula simpl 



La Marck 



Panicle 



subseptcmfloi 



piculis perpaucis, | spikelets very few 



pie, erect 



fe acutis, distantibus 



floscu- I rally seven flowered : flo 



acute, distant 



La 



Pursh, l.p. 84. 



Collected in Carolina, by Mr. Fraser. 



Larse-Ji 



^- Unioloides. Will 

 ,F. panicula contracta ; 



«PJculis compressis, octo- 

 floris 



^aginis 



• « 



muticis : folioi 



Panicle contracted ; 

 pikelets compressed, 8 



flo 



iinawned 



apice 



^Viiid. Hor. Berol 



barbatis. sheaths of the 1 



p. 84. 



I'ursh, 1. 

 £«»icZe nodding, expanding. 



bearded 



Crro 



Purah. 



W 



Spike. 

 Puruli. 



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