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ROTTBOELLIA fasciadata, per. bundled, nat. Africa. R. S. 

 Linn. Sys. Veg. i. p. 787. 

 muricata, ami. prickly, nat. India, ibid. 

 LEERSIA. Leer's-grass. Generic character: calyx wanting; 

 corolla 2-valved, inferior compressed keeled, superior nar- 

 rower lanceolate; stamina, 1, 3, 6; seed oval, compressed, 

 furrowed. 

 oryzoides, per. rice-like, nat. Germ. Flowers in August and 



September. Host. t. 35. 

 Virginica, per, Virginian, nat. Amer. Asprella Virginica, R. S. 



Linn. Sys. Veg. i. p. 266. 

 monafidra, per. single, nat. Jamaica, ibid. 267. 

 hexandra, per. six-stamened, nat. watery places in Jamaica, ibid- 

 Australis, per. Southern, nat. New Holland, ibid. 

 Mexicana, per. Mexican, nat. S. Amer., ibid. 

 lenticularis, per. ciliate-husked, nat. Amer., ibid. 

 ovata,per. oval, nat. Amer., ibid. 

 imbricata, per. imbricated, nat. Carolina, ibid. 268. 

 d/gitata, per. fingered, nat. Amer., ibid. 



(Melica ciliata et unijiora excipiuntnr.) 



Sect. VL Grasses with 3 Stamina, 2 Styles; 1 Flower in even/ 

 Calyx — Floivers of different sexes. 



ANDROPOGON. Andropogon. Generic character : calyx 2- 

 valved 1-flowered, outer valve embracing the inner, carti- 

 laginous ; corolla 2-valved awned, male flowers on foot-stalks 

 single, or in pairs to each female flower ; seed oblong, covered 

 with the blossom. 

 divaricatus, per. divaricate, nat. Amer. Willd. Spec. v. p. 1480. 

 nutans, per. nodding, nat. Virginia. R. S. Linn. Sys. Veg. i. 



p. 813. 

 avenaceus, per. oat-like, nat. in the vast meadows of the Illinois, 



ibid. 

 strictus, per. upright, nat. vineyards of Syrmia and the South 



of France, ibid. 

 Jiexilis, per. pliant, nat. North America, ibid. 817. 

 macrouris, per. nat. Carolina and Florida, ibid. Cinna glomerata^ 



Walt. Carol, p. 59. 

 dissitiJiorus,per. distant-flowered, nat. Amer., ibid. 

 ternarius, per. remote-branched, nat. Amer., ibid. 818. 



