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seed loose, covered by the corolla ; spikets pointing one way, 

 inserted in double rows ; spike compound ; Linn. Syst. Veg. ii. 

 10. 

 SPARTINA cynosuroides, per. dog's-tail-like cord-grass, nat. 

 North Amer. Dactylis cynosuroides, Hort. Kew. i. 160. 

 Hort. Gram. Wob. Flo. Bor. Amer. i. 64. Limnetis cyno- 

 suroides, Pers. Sprengel. 

 striata, per. upright cord-grass, nat. of England, Smith, Eng. 

 Fl. Linn. Willd. Trachynotia cynosuroides, Mich. Dac- 

 tylis cynosuroides, Loeffling, It. Hisp. 115. 66. Dactylis 

 stricta, Huds. Angl. 43. Limjietis pungens, Pers. Syn. i. 

 72. 

 alternifora, per. alternate-flowered cord-grass, nat. of moist 

 pastures, Bayonne. Trachynodia alterniflora, Decand. 

 Flor. Franc. Suppl. 279. n. 2094. 

 /)o/ysfflc%a, jjcr. many-spiked cord-grass, nat. of New England. 

 Linn. Syst. Veg. ii. 262. Trachynotia polystachya, Mich. 

 Fl. Bor. Amer. 64. Limnetis polystachya, Pers. Syn. i. 

 72. 

 pumila, per. dwarf cord-grass, nat. Circa Noveboracum. Linn. 



Syst. Veget. ii. 262. 

 juncea,per. rush-like cord-grass, nat. of North America. Dac- 

 tylns patens, Hort. Kew. i. 160. Hort. Gram. Woh- Fo. pp. 

 270,271. Trachynotia juncea, Mich. Fl. Bor. Am. i. 64. 

 Limnetis juncea, Pers. Syn, i. 72. — See Dactylis patens, 

 fasciculata, per. bundle-spiked cord-grass, nat. of America, in 



warm situations. Linn. Syst. Veg. ii. 263. 

 geniculat a, per. knee-jomied cord-grass, nat. of Java. Dactylis 

 geniculatis, Willd. Spec. i. 409. Spartina geniculata, Linn. 

 Syst. Veg. ii. 263. 

 DACTYLIS. Cock's-foot-grass. Generic character: corolla 

 awned at the summit, lanceolate, keeled, compressed, inner 

 valve folded, 2-ribbed ; seed loose oblong ; calyx compressed, 

 taper-pointed, unequal. Sm. Engl.Fl. i. p. 40. .S'ee^ naked, 

 depressed on one side, and convex on the other. 

 glomerata, per. round-headed cock's-foot, indig. June, and till 

 • August. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. p. 134. E. Bot. 335. Hort. 

 Gram. Fo. 8. 

 ' mar itima, per. sea,, ndt. Gevm. July. Flo. Ger. i. p. 313. 

 cynosuroides, per. American cock's-foot, nat. N. America. Hort. 

 Kew. i. 160. October. See Spartina. 



