a^BlANDRlA DIGYNIA* 17^ 



ELEUSINE. 



Fhres laterales. Ca- I Flowers on one side of 

 tiji bivalvis, S — 6 llorus ; the rachis. Calyx 2, valv- 

 fiores omnes fertiles. j ed,2 — G flowered; all the 



I florets fertile. 



i. MucRoNATA ? Mich. 



E ? culmo erecto ; pan- I Stem erect ; panicle 

 icula prselongu ; spicis very long; spikes alter* 

 alternls, fiUformibus, Ion- nate, filiform, lonj^; spike- 



gis ; spiculis filiformibus, lets filiform, generally 3 

 Bubtrifloris, E. | flowered* 



Midi. l.p. 65. Pursh, 1. p. Sr* 

 E. filiformis, Muhl. Cat* 



^oot annual ? Stem 1 — 3 feet In^h, terete, glabrous. Leaves 6 — 12 

 inches long, 4 — 5 lines wide, sliglitly scabroi>s ; sheaths eencfrally 



. , — ^, _j,..>^.. . 5 inches long* Or- 



'Pr valves nearly equal, keeled, acute, the keel coloured, the mar- 

 ging membranous. Corolla 2 vah ed, valves unequal ; the exterior 

 longer, concave, not keeled, obtuse, hairy. Filaments 3. dnthers 

 ^<^rj pale purple. Styles scarcely as long as the corolla^ Stigmas 

 &lenderj dark purple, feathered. 



The valves of the calyx are very acute, but I should not call them 

 ttttcronate. We have probably more species than one with filiform 

 spikeg. To the E. indica this plant has so little apparent affinity, that 

 it will probably ^et be separate<l from this 



Grows in cultivated land j not rare. 



Flov.'ers July — ^October, 



senus. 



In 



K. spicis digitalis, stric | Spikes digitate, straight, 

 p liaearibus ; spiculis Tmear ; spikelels lanceo- 

 ^nceolatis, quinqiiefloris; lute, 5 flawered ; stem 

 culmo compresso, decli- compressed, decUniii 



g» 



glabro. E. | glabi 



^Hcb. 1. p. 64. Pursh, 1. p. 87. 



^ynosurus Indicus, Sp. pi. i. p. 417. Walt. p. 32. 



Itic^as* P«'"ennial. Stem 1—2 feet high, decumbent, shining; jointi 



fto J \ M^^'^^ long, linear, the under surface' smooth, glabrous ; 



^ Pper bairy, scabrous i sheaths long, hairy, compressed. Spikes 





