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ROTTBOELLIA fasciculata, per. bundled, nat. Africa. R. S. 



Linn. Sys. Veg. i. p. 787. 

 muricata, ann. prickly, nat. India, ibid. 



LEERSIA. Leer's-grass. Generic character : calyx wanting ; 

 corolla 2-valved, inferior compressed, keeled, superior nar- 

 rower lanceolate; stamina, 1, 3, 6; seed oval, compressed, 

 furrowed. 

 oryzoides, per. rice-like, nat. Germ. Flowers in August and 



September. Host. t. 35. 

 Virginica, per. Virginian, nat. Amer. Asprella Virginica, R. S. 



Linn. Sys. Veg. i. p. 266. 

 monandra, per. single, nat. Jamaica, ibid. 267. 

 hexandra, per. six-stamened, nat. watery places in Jamaica, ibid. 

 Australis, per. Southern, nat. New Holland, ibid. 

 Mexicana, per. Mexican, nat. S. Amer., ibid. 

 lenticular is, per. ciliate-husked, nat. Amer., ibid. 

 ovata, per. oval, nat. Amer., ibid. 

 imbricata, per. imbricated, nat. Carolina, ibid. 268. 

 digit ata, per. fingered, nat. Amer., ibid. 



(Melica ciliata et uni flora excipiuntur) . 



SECT. VI. Grasses with 3 Stamina, 2 Styles ; 1 Flower in every 

 Calyx Flowers of different sexes. 



ANDROPOGON. Andropogon. Generic character : calyx 

 2-valved, 1-flowered, outer valve embracing the inner, carti- 

 laginous ; corolla 2-valved, awned, male flowers on foot-stalks 

 single, or in pairs to each female flower ; seed oblong, covered 

 with the blossom. 



divaricatus, per. divaricate, nat. Amer. Willd. Spec. v. p. 1480. 

 nutans,per. nodding, nat. Virginia. R. S. Linn. Sys. Veg. i. 



p. 813. 

 avenaceus, per. oat-like, nat. in the vast meadows of the Illinois, 



ibid. 

 strictus, per. upright, nat. vineyards of Syrmia and the South 



of France, ibid. 



jlexilis, per. pliant, nat. North America, ibid. 817. 

 macrouris, per. nat. Carolina and Florida, ibid. Cinna glomerata> 



Walt. Carol, p. 59. 



dissitiflorus, per. distant-flowered, nat. Amer., ibid. 

 ternarius, per. remote-branched, nat. Amer., ibid. 818. 



