68 HORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS. 



CHLORIC prost rata f ann. prostrate, nat. Malabar. 



tetrapogoH, aitn. nat. Cassam. 



elor/gata, ann. elongated, nat. Timor. 



Jiliformis, ann. slender, nat. ? 



distichophylla, per. two-rowed, nat. S. America. 



retnsa, per. retuse-husked, nat. S. America. 



dolichostachya, -per. loose-bundled, nat. Philippine Isles. 



crinita, ann. long-awned, nat. Philippine Isles. 



rnfescens, ann. reddish, nat. Philippine Isles. 



gracilis, per. slender, nat. S. America. 



digitaria, ann. fingered, nat. S. America. 



dubia, per. doubtful, nat. S. America. 

 EUSTACHYS. Eustachys. Generic character : calyx two- 

 valved, two-flowered, inferior valve ovate, emarginate, 

 awn bristly ; awn dorsal oblique, superior husk acute ; 

 corolla unisexual, floret sessile, two-valved, awnless, 

 inferior husk mucronate, superior acute, nearly bifid ; 

 bisexual floret sub-pedicelled, terminating, husks ob- 

 tuse, awnless, sessile ; florets spiked, fingered. See 

 Cynosurus. 

 DIPLACHNE. Diplachne. Generic character : calyx 

 seven-nine-flowered, apex of the superior valve mucro- 

 nate ; corolla, inferior valve bilacinate, bristly between 

 the lobes or lacines, superior subtruncated, emarginate ; 

 panicle simple, branching, branches alternate, slender, 

 or filiform. 

 Jascicularis, ann. bundled, nat. America, Illinois. 



fusca, ann. brown, nat. Egypt. 

 ENNEAPOGON. Nine-bristled grass. Generic character : 

 spikelets scattered, two -three -flowered; calyx, valves 

 longer than the flowers, inferior less ; corolla, exterior 

 valve with nine bristles, nearly equal, margins bearded, 

 superior valve awnless, entire, rather obtuse ; style two- 

 parted ; spike simple. 



gracilis, aiui. slender, nat. N. Holland. 

 purpurascens, ann. purple, nat. N. Holland. 

 pallidus, ann. pale, nat. N. Holland. 



nigricans, ann. blackish, nat. N. Holland. 



