TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA 



17S 



9. CiLlATUS. 



B. panicula nutante ; [ Panicle nodding ; 

 foliis utrinque, vaginis- I leaves on both sides, and 

 que subpilosis ; glumis I the sheaths hairy; glumes 

 ciliatis ; spiculis lineari- I ciliate ; spikelets linear- 



lanceolatis, 8 — 10 floris. | lanceolate, 8 — lo flower 



ed. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 453. Pursh, 1. p. 85. 



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Boot perennial. Stem slender. Panicle conspicuously nodding. 



Spikes slenderj nearly cylindrical. Valves of the ca^yjcun- 



(Linn.) 



equal, very acute, but not awned, pubescent. Valves of the corolla 

 unequal ; exterior lanceolate, concave, pubescent, ciliate, with three 

 strong double nerves and four obscure ones alternately arranged ; 

 tvin nearly as long as the valve ; the interior valve much smaller^ 

 lanceolate, Avith the margins reflexed, ciliate. Stamens 5. 

 jellow. Styles short. J^ectaries obovate, emarginate? 



This is the B. cilir.tus.of Dr. Muhlenburg; but it may admit of some 

 doubt whether it is the B. ciliatus, of Linnseus. Linneeus remarks, 

 t^at the margins, and not the back, are very hairy j in this plant, the 



Jlnthers 



back ^..._... .^_„^ ._ 



the mountains of Carolina. 



Grows in 

 Dr. Baldwin. 



Found on the Oakmulgee, byt 



May— July 



Fringed Bromns. 



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3. PURGANS. 



E. panicula nutante, 



Panicle 



cnspa 

 nudis , 



nodding ; 

 sheaths 



; foliis utrinque I leaves naked ; j,„ca 

 vaginis villosis ; villous ; glumes hairv. 



gHimis pilosis. Sp. pi. 



431. 



Root perennial. Stem erect, 1—2 feet high columnar, glabroug. 

 JTT ^^^2 inches long, 2—3 lines wide, scabrous, free from hair} 



Jm 1 °^".. '**"^*'' *^^^" the joints, clothing the stem completely, ex- 



remely villous, with the hairs generally reflected ; stipules a hairy 



emorane. Fanicle diffuse, peduncles hairy, flexuous : spikes lance- 



Sr'Tv.^'^"*'' 1-^ flowered. Valves of the calycc unequal, lan- 

 ^ mate ; the exterior very acute ; the interior awned ; both hairr. 



9<xmm\lV- **( ^^^ *'°''''"'' ^^''S^^' t'^an the calyx, awned, near the 



wmmit hairy ; the interior ciliate. '^ 



Jirows m the mountains of Carolina. 



Flowers July— September. 



Cathartic Bromus. 



