66 HORTUS fJRAMTNF.US WO BURNKNSIS . 



AVENA triselaria, mm. small-linear, nat. Egypt. 



lutea^ ann. yellowish, nat. Mavtinico. 



paivj flora , ann. small-flowered, nat. Italy, Africa. 



micrantha, ann. minute-flowered, nat. Europe. 



alopecuroides, ann. fox-tail-like, nat. ? 



panicea, ann. bearded-sheathed, nat. Oporto. 



Pourreti, ann. hispid-awned, nat. Spain. 



rigida, per. rigid, nat. Caucasus. 



carpafhica, per. creeping-rooted, nat. Germany. 



fitsca, per. dark-brown, nat. Germany. 



aristidioideSyper. nat. C. G. Hope. 



arenaria, per. sand, nat. Damascus, in sandy places. 



macra, per. meagre, nat. Iberia. 

 CYNOSURUS. Dog's-tail grass. Generic character : 

 calyx two-valved, two to five-flowered ; corolla two- 

 valved, valves linear, spear-shaped, exterior awnless, 

 or with an awn terminating the apex ; seed covered 

 by the corolla, the spikelets in most species with 

 leaflets on one side (involucre), or husks on a leaf-stalk 

 (stipatcR). 



cristatus, per. crested dog's-tail grass, indig. June and 

 July. 



muUihracteatus, per. many-bracteated, nat. Barbary. 



paniculatus, per. fpanicled, nat. C. G. Hope. 



unioliB, per. uniola-like, nat. C. G. Hope. 



Jloccifolius, per. alternate bearded-leaved, nat. Arabia. 



ternatus, per. three-spiculed, nat. Arabia. 



unijlorus, per. one-flowered, nat. Carolina. 



lagopoides, per. leafy-culmed, nat. ? 



virgatus, ann. twig, nat. S. America. 



Domingensis, per. nat. St. Domingo. 



tenerrimus, ann. tender, nat. China. 



monosiachyus, ann. one-rowed, nat. E. Indies. 



filiformis, ann. slender, nat. India. 



fakatus, per. hooked-spiked, nat. C. G. Hope. 



gracilis, ann. slender one-rowed, nat. Virginia. 



hirsutus, ann. hairy, nat. C. G. Hope. 



trisetus, ann. threc-awned, nat. Mexico. 



