44 IIORTUS GRAMINEUS WO B U R N li N S I S. 



HOLCUS, var. 6«Z6osMs, pe/. bulbous-rooted, intlig. June 

 till October. 



var. muticus, lier. awnless, tall oat-like soft grass. 



mollis, per. downy, or creeping-rooted, indig. July. 



lariat us, per. woolly, indig. June. 



striatus,per. striated, nat. Virginia. 



spicatns, arm. spiked, nat. East Indies. 



Sorghum, arm. cultivated, or Indian millet. 

 fragraris,per. fragrant. 



argenteus,per. silvery, nat. Spain. 



str'iatus, per. striated, nat. Virginia. 



Dochna, per. spreading, nat. Arabia. 



racemosus, per. cylindrical. 



jiigerrimus, arm. black, TefF. Bruce. 



bicolor, aim. two-coloured, nat. Persia. 



cernuiis, arm. drooping, nat. Germ. 



saccharatum, arm. nat. East Indies. 



Caffr-orum, arm. CafFres' bread. 



decolor aris, arin. nat. S. Amer. 



hirsutus, aim. hairy-seeded, nat. C. G. H. 



serratus, arm. saw-leaved, nat. C. G. H. 



asperus, arm. rough -leaved, nat. C. G. H. 



halepensis, per. loose-panicled, nat. Germ. 



nilidus, per. shining, nat. E. Indies. 



seti/olius, j)^f'- bristly-leaved, nat. C. G. H. 



parvrjlurus, per. small-flowered, nat. C. G. II. 

 J'ulvus, per. tawny-coloured, nat. N. Hoii. 



plumosnm,per. feather-like, nat. N. HoU. 



elorigafum, per. elongated, nat. New Holland. 

 PANICUM. Panic-grass. Generic character j ca I ij x iwo- 

 valved, imperfectly two-flowered — one fertile, or bi- 

 sexual, and the other barren, or neuter; corolla ouc- 

 two-valved, awnless, or awncd at the apex, coriaceous, 

 dotted, or furrowed when enclosing the ripe seed, 

 neuter floret of one or two valves ; seed covered like a 

 crust. 



colormm, arm. husbandman's, nat. jV. Spain, cultivated 

 in India. 



pseudo-colonurn, aim. spurious, E. Indies. 



