578 CXLIV. GRAMINES. Deyeuaia. 
ipei l} to 2 lines long. Flowering glume 
dip rbi or shortly toothed, the ; 
2. D. Forsteri. 
middl 
Spikelets about * lines. Onie glumes ke pA ng 
Flowering glume of D. Forsteri. i 
ue narrow 3. D. Drummondiana. 
— about 3 lines, Flowering glume gla- 
with 2 long points, the awn almost : a 
"Pests spreading 4. D. Billardieri. 
Spikelets ‘about 1} lines. Flowering glume hairy, 
with 2 long points, the awn "almost basal. : 
Panicle narrow 5. D. plebeia, ` 
Panicle dense and spike like or shortly branched. 
achis of the spikelet produced into a glabrous 
or JB ristle or not continued beyond the 
Spikes 3 to 2} lines long. Awn almost basal. 
Bristle of the rhachis conspicuous 6. D. montana. 
Spikelets 14 to 2 lines. Awn almost basal. : 
iristle of the usce minute ornone D. quadriseta. 
Spisi about lines. Awn nsa ` basal. Ce 
ristle of the S hachis minute orn 8. D. cylindrica. 
S Myra about 2 lines, Awn above “the middle 
ss e back. Bristle of the rhachis minute 
uc} 
ne . D, minor, 
dr. Ned nearly: or quite as long as the outer 
bee membranous, often minutely scabrous or 
scent. 
Panicle — and spikelike. Awn dorsal about 
the middle of the €—— glume à . 10. D. densa. 
Panicle saa dn and lo wn dorsal about the 
cng of the flowering glume but very decidu- 
; 11. D. frigida. 
Panicle very loos oose. Awn v ery small and straight 
above rud Lgs f the flowering glume or re- 
d mall point near the summit . . 12. D. scabra. 
Panicle eria bert spikelike. Leaves broad. ` Awn 
mi "y near the preien of the 
flowering glum 3. D. nivalis. 
Flowering glume masa as ‘long as the truncate outer 
ones, oe very small in a loose panicle, 
or with a minute point ae the flowering 
ik. 
Quia glumes st keeled, rather acute. 
Stems under 14. D. Gunniana. 
Outer » glumes not ele ti truncate. Stems 1 to o1 
. 15. D. breviglumis. 
l. D. æquata, Benth.—A weak glabrous grass of 1 to 2 ft. wit s 
the aspect of Agrostis seabra. Leaves flaccid, narrow but Ma. Panicle 
very loose, 6 to 9 in. long, with numerous capillary spreading bran —_ 
in regular distant whorls, or the upper ones in twos or threes. Spikele 
numerous, pedicellate, smaller even than in Agros stis scabra. uter 
glumes narrow, Bere er acute, but little more than 4 line long. Hower 
_ glume shorter, broad, truncate, thinly membranous, glabrous, sorte 
ttemuded by a few hir Palea narrow. Rhachis produced i$ 
