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the exterior valve having three awns ; the middle awn, from 



the back of the valve, bent and twisted ; seed covered, awned. 



LAGURUS ovatus, ann. oval-spiked hare's-tail-grass, indig. July. 



E. Bot. 1334. Sm. Engl. Fl. i. p. 167. 



STIPA. Feather-grass. Generic character : calyx 2-valved, 1- 



flowered ; corolla 2 valves, the exterior valve furnished with a 



long awn, which is jointed at the base ; seed oblong, covered. 



humilis, per. dwarf, nat. S. Amer. R. S. Linn. Sys. Veg. i. 



p. 332. 

 tortilis, ann. twisted, nat. Barbary and Greece, ibid. S.pale- 



acea, Smith, Fl. Gr. 

 gigantea, per. tall, nat. S. Amer. 



ILagasc&, per. bristly-leaved, nat. ? 



Capensis, per. Cape, nat. Cape of Good Hope. 



Virginica, per. Virginian, nat. Amer. 



avenacea, per. oat-like, nat. Amer. 



parviflora, per. small-flowered, nat. Macassar. 



Jlavescens, per. yellow, nat. Van Diemen. 



permata, per. soft feather-grass, indig. June. Sm. Engl. Fl. 



p. 161. E. Bot. 1356. Hort. Gram. Fo. 163. 

 barbata,per. bearded, nat. Mascar. R. S. Linn. Sys. Veg. i. 



p. 330. 



capillata, per. capillary, nat. Germ. June. Flo. Ger. i. p. 231. 

 mollis,per. nat. Port Jackson. 

 spicata, per. spiked, nat. C. Good Hope. 



juncea,per. rush-leaved, nat. France. July. Hort. Kew. i.p. 170. 

 bicolor, per. two-coloured, nat. Brazil. 



aristella, per. short-awned, nat. France. July. Willd. ii. p. 441. 

 ibarremis, per. nat. South America. Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. 



Gener. et Spec. i. p. 125. 



tenacissima, per. tough, nat. Spain. August. Willd. ii. p. 442. 

 fimbriata, per. nat. South America. Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. 



Gener. et Spec. i. p. 126. 

 eminens,per. nat. South America, ibid. 

 mucronata, per. nat. South America, ibid. 

 virescens, per. nat. South America, ibid. 

 eriostackya, per. nat. South America, ibid. 

 Sibirica, per. nat. Siberia. R. S. Linn. Sys. Veg. Avena'Si- 



birica, Linn. Sp. 



Canademis, per. (allied to Stipa Sibirica), nat. Amer. 

 membranacea, per. membraneous, nat. Portugal. 



