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TIITANDRIA DIGYNIA, 



8, Nutans. 



F. panicula rainis «e- [ Panicle with branches 

 ciindis, nutantibus, sea- on one side, nodding, sea. 



bris ,• spiculis ovatis,com- 



brous 



spikclets ovate, 



pressis, subsexfloris ; flo- compressed, generally 6 



ribiis acutis, muticis ; | flowered ; flowers acute, 



foliis lineari-lanceolatis. I iinawned : leaves linear- 

 Willd. 



lanceolate. 



Pursh, 1. p. 84. 



Stem 2 — 3 feet high, terete, glabrous. Leaves long, glabrous, 

 strongtj nerved ; stipules membranous. Flowers almost terete, much 

 longer than the cal^x Exterior valve of the corolla concave i 5 



nerved, very acute. 

 Grows in Carolina. 



Pursh. My; specimens are from Penns)Iv»« 



flowers Jul J. Pursh. 



JV'oddiBg Festuca. 



BROMUS. 



Calyx 2-val 



Sp 



la olilonga, teres, dibticha 

 aiista infra apicem. 



Ctt^va: S valved. Spike 



let 



distici 



below 



oblono- 



BJ 



columnar, 

 witli an awn 



4. Se 



B. 



spiculi 



sis ; g 



panicula nutante 



Panicle 



iioddin 



s, compres- spjkelets ovate, compre 

 nudis, dis- | sed ,• glumes naked, di 



tinctis : aristis subulat 



brevioribus, rectis. 

 pi. 1. p. 428. 



Pursh, I. p. 85. 



JRoot annual ? 

 ened at the joints 



Sp 



tinct ; 



awns 



subulate 





t, straight 



labrous, thick- 



Stem 2 feet iiigh, erect, columnar, glabrous, t)n«.» 

 ^..v.« .» w..^ jv....... Leaves 6—U inches long, 3—4 lines wide? some- 

 what glabrous on the under surface, hairy on the upper and '^'' '.j * 

 Panicle obh»ng, erect, branching. SpiJces on peduncles S^^'^^\^, 

 5 — 10 lines long.'oblong-ovate, 8—10 flowered, compact ; florets iar^ 

 Valves of the cc/yo- unequal, lanceolate, acute, unawned ; the i"^^|^j^ 

 as large as the corolla. Exterior valve of the corolla ovate, ^'Vf.'^. 

 Hate, 7 nerved, under a lens, pubescent, particularly along the roi ^^ 



awn very short, straidit : the Innpr valvp smaller, reflcxen, "' .,_, 



awn very sliort. straight: the inner valve smaller, reflextv.j , 



margins ciliate. 

 teed is mature. 



The awn is said to be slightly re 



From specimens sent from St John's, by Dr. Machride. 

 flowers July, 



