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bngiorSbus & tenuioribus diftiche fiorife 



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The ilender Uniola with fimple flower 



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This plant is common in the low lands about the Angels, and rifes generally 



height of twelve or fourteen inches : at is xemarkable f< 



gth and ilender 



nefs of its delicate flower- fpikes : the leaves of the cup are very fmall, and ftand 



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Panicula longiflma, fpicis crafiufculis perbrevibus uno verft 



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The larger long panicl'd Uniola. 



This plant is fometimes met with in the hills above Bull-bay \ where it generally 

 rifes to the height of about three feet, and is furnimed with many flower-fpikes for 

 more than half its length ; thefe ^re pretty thick, rife gradually one above another, 



an inch and a half in length, having all the flowers on the 



and feldom exceed 

 outude of them 



As I have met with fome other graffy plants in Jamaica, which 

 could not fo readily clafs under the Genera already eftablifhed ; I chofe 

 rather to fet them down here under the common appellation of Gra- 

 men, and to add a few of their more diftinguifhing characters ; than 

 to be at the pains of reducing them to clafTes which cannot be yet 

 fixed fufficiently to give universal fatisfadrion. 



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G R A NTE N i . Bicorne rep em fpicis tenuioribus & longioribus. 



Gramen DaBihn bicorne repens, &c. Slo. Cat. 33, & H. 68. f. 3. 



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Mountain running; Grafs. 



Periantium. Gluma bivafais, valvulis angujiijjimi s villojis vahulis corolla 



oppofitis. 





'Corolla. Gluma bivahis, valvulis ova t is. 

 Stamina. FUamenta tria. 

 , Pifiillum. Germen fubrotundum \ Jlyli duo \figmata cirrofa. 

 Semen. Orbiculatum comprejfum. ■'*..' 



This is the mod common fort of Grafs ;n the midland mountains, and grows fre- 

 quently in the low lands: It is a little fowerim and not liked by any fort of brutes 

 while green j but when it is cut and well cured, it makes excellent hay, and agrees 

 extremely well with all labouring and ftabled cattle. This difcovery is owing to 

 Mr. Wallen, who had frequently tried the experiment before I left Jamaica, and 

 has always found it to anfwer beyond his expectation. He is a gentleman of a very 

 happy turn of thought, and a great promoter of every fort of curious and ufefui 

 indunry. 



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GRAMEN' 2 . Cruciatum fpicis brevioribus £? crajfioribus, deorfum frugi* 



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Cruciatum, Profp. Alp. 



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Gramen Daffilon fpicis brevibus crqjfis, &c. Slo. Cat. 3. 



The fhort-fhanked cruciated Grafs. 



This plant is pretty common in the lower lands, and feldom rifes more than 

 eight or ten inches from its tufted root : The corolla grow three and three together, 

 but every bunch has a common cup compofed of two fimple valves, and each of 

 the flowers is fupplied with its own befides : It is a hardy and kind pafturage. 





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