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ing ; branchlets three-cornered. Flowers in July and Au- 

 gust. Native of North America. 



17. Andromeda Acuminata; Acute-leaved Andromeda. 

 Racemes axillary, simple ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate serrate. A shrub four feet high, flowering in July 

 and August. Native of North America. 



18. Andromeda Calyculata ; Calicled Andromeda. Pedun- 

 cles solitary, axillary, pointing one way; bractes two; 

 leaves oval, scaly, dotted, obsoletely serrulate. A low shrub, 

 with leaves like those of the Box ; growing upon mossy 

 land in Sweden, Ingria, Siberia, and North America. 



19. Andromeda Anastomozans. Racemes crowded, leafy ; 

 leaves ovate, slightly serrate, anastomosing underneath, and 

 dotted. Native of New Granada. 



20. Andromeda Rupestris. Leaves oblong, alternate, ser- 

 rulate. Native of New Zealand. 



21. Andromeda Salicifolia; Willow-leaved Andromeda. 

 Racemes pointing one way, naked ; corollas subcylindrical ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acute, quite entire. Found in the island 

 of Mauritius. 



22. Andromeda Buxifolia; Box-leaved Andromeda. Ra- 

 cemes pointing one way, naked ; corollas subcylindrical ; 

 leaves cordate-ovate, quite entire, with a little dagger- 

 point. Native of the Isle of Bourbon. 



23. Andromeda Fasciculata. Peduncles aggregate ; leaves 

 alternate, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, slightly crehulate, cori- 

 aceous. 24. Andromeda Jamaicensis. Peduncles aggregate; 

 gorollas ovate, transparent ; leaves alternate, broad lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, entire, beneath ash-coloured, membranaceous. 

 25. Andromeda Octandra. Peduncles aggregate; corollas 

 cylindric quadrifid ; leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, en- 

 tire, membranaceous. All natives of Jamaica. 



Andropogon ; a genus of the class Polygamia, order Mo- 

 noecia. -GENERIC CHARACTER. Hermaphrodite. Flowers 

 sessile. Calix ; a glume, one-flowered, two valved, oblong, 

 obtuse, cartilaginous, awnless ; the outer valve concave, 

 flattish at the back, embracing the inner, which is narrower, 

 with its edges. Corolla : a two- valved glume, less and more 

 slender than the calix ; outer valve smaller, frequently very 

 small, within the inner valve of the calix, sharp or bifid at 

 the Qiid , in most of the species awned ; awn terminating, or 

 from the cleft of the glume, long, with a bent joint and twisted 

 at bottom ; the inner valve lanceolate, doubled at the edges. 

 Nectary two-leaved ; leaflets thickish, diaphanous. Stami- 

 na : filamenta three, capillary, very tender ; antherae oblong; 

 forked at both ends, incumbent. Pistil .- germen oblong; 

 styles two, capillary; stigmas oblong, feathered. Pericarp: 

 none; glumes of the corolla and calix involving and inclosing 

 the seed. Seed: solitary, oblong, covered, armed with the 

 awn of the corolla, which easily falls off. Male Flowers pe- 

 duncled, single, or in-pairs to each Hermaphrodite. Calix : Co- 

 rolla, and Stamina : as in the others, only that the corolla 

 has no awn. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Hermaphrodite. Ca- 

 lix: glume one-flowered. Corolla: glume awned at the 

 base. Stamina: three. Styles: two. Seeds: one. Male. 

 Calix and Corolla: the same. Stamina: three. Few of these 

 grasses have been cultivated in England ; the greater part 

 of them would require a stove, since they are natives of the 

 East and West Indies. The species are, 



1. Andropogon Caricosum. Spike solitary, imbricate ; 

 seeds shaggy ; awns naked, contorted. Native of Amboyna 

 and Japan. 



2. Andropogon Contortum. Spike solitary; male flowers 

 awnless on the back of the spike ; female flowers on the belly 

 of it, twice as long as the males, with twisted approximating 

 awns longer than the whole spike.- Native of the East Indies. 



3. Andropogon Crinitum. Spike solitary, shaggy; awns 

 naked, jointed, very long. A native of Japan. 



4. Andropogon Divaricatum. Spike oblong ; flowers 

 woolly, remote, divaricate; awn flexuose, naked. Native 

 of Virginia. 



5. Andropogon Gryllus. Peduncles of the panicle entirely 

 simple, three-flowered : the hermaphrodite floscule sessile, 

 awned, ciliate, bearded at the base. Culm three feet high. 

 Native of Piedmont, Switzerland, &c. 



6. Andropogon Saccharoides. Branches of the panicle 

 single : florets in pairs ; hermaphrodite awned, sessile, the 

 other awnless, pedicled, withering ; pedicle and rachis 

 woolly. Native of Jamaica. 



7. Andropogon Nutans. Panicle nodding; awns twisted, 

 polished ; glumes of the calix shaggy. Found in Virginia 

 and Jai i mint. 



S. Andropogon Ciliatum. Panicle nodding ; outer calix 

 many-flowered, ciliate ; awns contorted, hairy. It flowers 

 in September ; and is a native of the mountains of Japan. 



9. Andropogon Serratum. Panicle loose; one floscule ses- 

 sile, villose at the base ; the other pedicled, with the pedicle 

 villose, and shorter than the calix. Native of Japan. 



10. Andropogon Cotuliferum. Panicle spreading, villose ; 

 awn twisted, naked ; pedicles clubbed or swelling at top, 

 and hollowed like a saucer or dish. Found in Japan. 



11. Andropogon Cymbarum. Panicles scattered ; bractes 

 boat-form ; flowers transverse, awned, three-fold. Culms 

 three feet high. A native of the East Indies. 



12. Andropogon Squarrosum. Panicle crowded ; glumes 

 awl-shaped, rugged. Culms smooth ; leaves rugged. A 

 native of Ceylon ; where the natives make fans of it, and 

 esteem it for its pleasant smell. 



13. Andropogon Prostratum. Peduncles in five-flowered 

 umbels without calicles ; the hermaphrodite floscule awned. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



14. Andropogon Fastigiatum. Spikes of the panicle soli- 

 tary ; peduncles elongate, subfastigiate ; rachis woolly ; flos- 

 cules awned ; male fertile. Native of Jamaica. 



15. Andropogon Alopeuroides. Panicle loose; rachis 

 woolly ; a twisted awn to each floscule. Native of Vir- 

 ginia and Jamaica. 



16. Andropogon Distachyum. Spikes- two, terminal ; culm 

 undivided. A foot high ; said to grow wild in Switzerland. 



17. Andropogon Scheenanthus ; Sweet Rush, or Camel's 

 Hay. Spike of the panicle conjugate, ovate-oblong ; rachii 

 pubescent ; floscules sessile, with a twisted awn. This species 

 is cultivated in the gardens of China and Cochin-china, where 

 the inhabitants employ it to season their meat. We receive 

 it in bundles from Turkey. When in perfection.it has a warm, 

 bitterish, and not unpleasant taste, with an agreeable smell. 

 It was once employed as a warm stomachic and remover of 

 obstructions, but has been superseded by more common 

 aromatics. Perennial. Native of Arabia and India. 



18. Andropogon Virginicum. Spikes of the panicle con- 

 iugate; peduncles simple ; rachis woolly; floscules awnless, 

 the male one wanting. About six feet high ; and a native 

 of America. 



19. Andropogon Bicorne. Spikes of the panicle conju- 

 gate; peduncles branching very much ; rachis woolly ; awn 

 caducous ; male floscule wanting. This is found upon dry 

 hills in the East Indies ; and there called Foxtail Grass. 



20. Andropogon Hirtum. Spikes of the panicle conjugate; 

 calices shaggy. Native of Portugal, Italy, Sicily, and Smyrna. 



21. Andropogon Insulare. Panicle loose, smooth ; flos- 

 cules double, awnless ; one pedicle shorter ; calices woolly. 

 Native of Jamaica. 



