TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 47 
maint" es ajlp. 
Cuife ailp. 
EncLisH.—Alpine, Meadow-grafs. 
Ob. Roots fibrous, Stems from 7 to 10 inches, 
fomewhat afcending, cylindrical, two-knotted, 
naked» above. Leaves, thofe from the root 
many, fpreading, bluntifh at top, but ending in a 
fudden point: thofe on the ftem 2, very fhort. 
Sheath very long, with a fpear-fhaped acute 
fheath-fcale on the upper leaves, but very fhort 
and round on the lower. Panicle fhort, {pread- 
ing, nearly egg-fhaped. Calyx, valves nearly 
equal, egg-fhaped, acute, rough on the keel, 
fomewhat hooked at top. florets egg-fhaped, 
fomewhat acute, often filky and fkinny on the 
edges: inner valve notched, ciliated. 
P, Panicle fpreading: fpikets 3-flowered, woolly 
at the bafe: ftems upright, cylindrical, rough: 
fheath-fcale tapering to a point: roots fibrous. 
Common every where, particularly in moift 
and fhady fituations. This I confider as a good 
meadow grafs when in mixture with others, as it 
furnifhes well both in leaves and ftems. It is early 
in its foliage, and continues leafing and flowering 
fucceflively 
trivialis. 
