eslorata. 
108 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA,’ 
(Cvle Cyrvigsjonnas. 
") Cuile Cruifgiornagh. 
Biorach lachan. EBirah laghon. Cruifgiornah. 
TrisH 
ENGLIsH.—Common Reed grofs. 
Ob. Roots creeping. Stems upright, from 4 
to 6 feet, fimple, knotted, leafy. Leaves lance- 
fhaped, pointed, fpreading, {mooth, rough on 
the edges, very even underneath, glaucous. 
Sheath cylindrical, ftriated, fmooth, with a very 
fhort gnawed-like fheath-fcale furnifhed with 
hairs on each fide. Panicle nearly upright, 
fpreading, very much branched and inclining 
one way. Spikets upright, from 4 t6 6-flow- 
ered; flowers furrounded -with down at the 
bafe, which down is about the Jength of the 
florets, and-rifes from the fpike-ftalk. Calyx, 
valves very unequal, lance-thaped, acute, keeled: 
larger valve with three nares! Corclla, inner 
valve double as fhort as the outer, and ciliated. 
A. Calyx 1-flowered, keeled: panicle upright, 
heaped : flowers pointing one way, awnlefs : 
leaves broad : flat. 
Common 
