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erect grass, with somewhat broad leaves and large florets. The 
name given by Walter, the discoverer of this species, is the old- 
est, and, it would seem, very appropriate. é 
A. scasra, (Willd.): culmis erectis basi geniculatis glabris, 
foliis planis linearibus longiusculis striatis scabris vaginis glabris, 
panicula diffusa ramosa, ramis 4-6 verticillatis brevibus flexuosis 
patentibus divaricatis, glumis ineequalibus acutis inferiore carina 
scabra superiore glabra margine scariosis 3 lin. longis, palea lon- 
giuscula glumam superiorem vix haud eequante glabra. E. T.— 
Agrostis scabra, Willd. Sp. 1,370, (fide Muhl.) Trichodium 
scabrum, Muhl. Gram. p. 61, Torr. FU. 1, 83, non Darlingt. 
Cest. 1. c.—8. tenuis, (mihi): vaginis scabris panicula tenui ramis 
erectis. 
Hab. («.) Pennsylvania, ‘ubique in sylvis,’ Muhlenberg ; New 
Mr. Tuckerman, 
York, in woods, common, Torrey; New Hampshire, in moun- 
tain forests ; (8. a small delicate form with a very slender pani- 
cle,) rocks of the Flume, Lincoln, N. H. This and the last 
Were not considered by Michaux as belonging to Trichodium ; 
and Willdenow describes the * present species as possessing two 
Pale. Our plant is always distinguishable by its elegantly flex- 
uous and spreading many-branched panicle, and erect habit. 
Canamacrostis purpurascens, R. Br., Hook. Bor. Amer. 2, 
240.—Hab. White Mountains ; moist alpine grassy places; Sep- 
tember. I observed this grass for the first time the present sea- 
Son. It agrees in all respects with the description, and was pro- 
— to be the plant, at the time, by my excellent friend, Dr. 
ray 3 7 
Poa MODEsTA, (mihi): culmo spithameo basi geniculato ramo- 
80 compresso glabro, foliis linearibus tenuiter striatis rigidiusculis 
Supra scabris 3—4 pollicariis cire. semilineam latis, vaginis striatis 
glabriusculis, ligula conspicua membranacea truncata erosa de- 
mumque irregulariter laciniata, panicula stricta vix demum ob- 
longa 6-9 pollicari ramis solitariis’ filiformibus ramulisque ramo- 
sis rhachique scabris, spiculis sparsis breviter pedicellatis ( pedicellis 
1-3 lin. Jongis) bifloris, glumis inequalibus oblongo-lanceolatis 
tenuissime striatis obtusis erosis glabris, flore inferiori majori ses- 
Sili lanceolato enervi carina inferiori versus apicem scabriuscula 
€toso glabro ad basim interiorem pedicello florem alterum mino- 
tem fulcienti instructo, caryopsi ovato fusco. E. 'T.—Poa ? uni- 
Hora, Mui. Gram. p. 151, (ex. descr.) 
