74 HORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS. 



SECALE. Rye. Calyx 2-valved, 2-flowered, solitary ; corolla 



2-valved, 2-flowered, exterior valve acuminate, keel ciliated, 



ending in a long awn ; interior valve flat, lanceolate ; seed 



naked, half cylindrical, pointed at one end. 



cereale, ami. rye. Moris. Hist. v. 3, 58, t. 2, f. 1. Supposed a 



native of Crete or Siberia. 

 villosum, ann. hairy, nat. South of Europe and Levant. Host. ii. 



t. 48. Tritimm villosum, R. S. L. S. Veg. i. p. 768. 

 orientale, ann. oriental, nat. of the Archipelago. Willd. p. 171. 

 Creticum, ann. Cretan, nat. of Candia, or Crete. Willd. i. p. 472. 



Sect. VHI. Grasses with 3 Stamina, 2 Styles, 2 Flowers in each 

 Calyx. — Flowers of different sexes. 



HIEROCLE. Holy-grass.* Generic character : florets 3, central 

 one perfect with 2 stamens, lateral ones barren with 3 ; co- 

 rolla permanently membranous; seed loose; styles distinct 

 Sm. Engl. Fl. i. p. 40. 

 fragans, per. fragrant holy-grass, nat. N. Amer. R. F. W. 

 Holcus odoratus, Mich. Hierochloa fragrans, R. S. Linn. 

 Sys. Veg. ii. p. 512. Holcus fragrans, Willd. et Pursh. See 

 Holcus fragrans. 

 borealis,per. Northern holy-grass, indig. Sm. Engl. Fl. i. p. 110. 

 Holcus odoratus, Hort. Gram. Wob. Fol. 47. See Holcus 

 odoratus, R. S. Linn. Sys. Veg. i. p. 513. Hierochloa 

 horealis. 

 alpinus, per. alpine holy-grass, nat. Greenland. R. F. B. R. S. 



Linn. Sys. Veg. ii. 515. Hierochloa alpina. 

 redolens, per. redolent or balmy holy-grass, nat. New Zealand. 

 Brown. Vahl. Sy. ii. 102. R. S. Linn. Sys. Veg ii. p. 514. 

 Hierochloa redolens. 

 Australis, per. Southern holy-grass. Fl. Germ. i. p. 253. Avena 

 odorata, Decand. Fl. Fr. n. 1565. var. a. See R. S. Linn. 

 Sys. Veg. ii. p. 514. 

 HOLCUS. Soft-grass. Generic character : calyx 2-valved, 2 

 flowered, seldom 3, awnless ; corolla 2-valved, exterior valve 

 awned, interior valve awnless least, unisexual or barren 



♦ Hierocle horealis is said to be used at liigh festivals, for strewing the churches 

 in Prussia; as Acorus calamus has, time out of mind, been employed in the cathe- 

 dral and streets of Norwich, on the Mayor's Day. — Sm. Engl. Fl. vol. i. p. 111. 



