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ENNEAPOGON ph/eoides, ami. cat's- tail, nat. S. America? 

 TRIRAPHIS. Generic character : calyx two or many- 

 flowered, superior floret neuter; corolla, inferior valve 

 with three straight awns rising from the apex, superior 

 awnless ; panicle compound ; spikelets two-rowed. 



pungens, ann. pungent, nat. N. Holland. 



mollis, ann. soft, nat. N. Holland. 

 KOELERIA. Koeleria. Generic character : calyx two- 

 valved, two-five-flowered, florets shorter ; corolla two- 

 valved, inferior entire, bristled, superior bifid ; panicle 

 spike-like, branches heaped. 



cristata, per. crested, indig. 



var. j3. cristata pyramidalis, pyramidal. 



var. -y. cristata gracilis, slender. 



var. §. cristata grandijlora, larger-flowered. 



var. f. ciistata violacea, violet-coloured. 



lobata, per. 



glauca, per. glaucous. Aira glanca. 



Pennsylvanica, per. Pennsylvanian, nat. America. 



albescens, per. whitish-coloured, nat. France. 



Valesiaca, per. smooth-culmed, nat. Switzerland. 



setacea, per. bristly, nat. Spain. Koeleria tiiberosa, Jestuca 

 splendens, et poa pectinata auctorum. 



l/irsuta, ann. hairy, nat. France. 



villosa, ami. villous, nat. Sweden. 



phleoides, per. cat's-tail, nat. N. of Europe. 



hispida, ann. hispid, nat. coast of the Mediterranean. 



brachystachya, ann. nat. ? 



macilenta, ann. nat. France. 

 AGROPYRUM. Agropyrum, or spurious wheat. Generic 

 character : three-nine-flowered, valves acute, shorter, 

 entire ; corolla, inferior valve entire, sometimes a little 

 toothed, apex bristled, the bristles often very short, or 

 wanting, superior valve emarginate or two-dented ; spike 

 compound, rachis jointed, indented ; spikelets sessile, or 

 on very short foot-stalks. 



acutum, per. acute-husked spurious wheat, nat. France. 



attenuatum, per. attenuated, nat. S. America. 



