70 HORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBUUNENSIS. 



ANDROPOGON hirtus, per. hairy, nat. South of Europe, Cape 

 of Good Hope, and E. Indies. Smith, Fl. Gr. i. p. 48. 



furcatus, per. forked, nat. N. America. Pursh. 



tennis, per. slender, nat. N. Holland. Brown. 



triticem,per. wheat-like, nat. N. Holland, ibid. 



sericeus, per. silky, nat. N. Holland, ibid. 



qffinis,per. nat. N. Holland, ibid. 



intermedius,per. nat. N. Holland, ibid. 



procerus, per. tall, nat. N. Holland, ibid. 



exalt atus, per. nat. N. Holland, ibid. 



lanatus, per. woolly, nat. N. Holland, ibid. 



bomby cimis, per. nat. N. Holland, ibid. 



refractus,per. nat. N. Holland, ibid. 



fragilis, per. bristle, nat. N. Holland, ibid. 



citreus, per. nat. N. Holland, ibid. 



distachyum, per. two-rowed andropogon, nat. Germ. Flowers 

 in June and July. Flo. Ger. i. p. 232. 



ischamum, per. woolly-spiked, nat. Germ. Flowers in August. 

 Host. t. 3. 



gryllus, per. purple-spiked, nat. Germ. July to August. 

 Host. t. 1. 



arundinaceum, per. reed-like, nat. Germ. June and July. 

 Host. i. t. 1. Holcus halepensis (which see). 



scli&nanthus, per. sweet lemon-grass, nat. East Indies. Linn. 



Spec. 1481. Not yet flowered in this country. 

 HORDEUM. Barley-grass. Generic character : calyx lateral, 

 6-valved, (the valves, collectively, constitute what is called 

 a six-leaved involucre) ; corolla 2-valved, exterior valve fur- 

 nished with a long awn ; flowers in threes, the middle flower 

 fertile or bisexual, and the lateral ones barren, or furnished 

 with stamens only ; seed covered closely with the corolla, 

 which remains permanent. 



nigrum, per. black, var. common barley. Willd. 



strictnm, per. upright, (allied to //. bulbosum), nat. dry places in 

 Italy. Desfont. 



Capense, arm. Cape, nat. Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. Fl. 

 Cap. i. p. 144. 



ascendens, arm. ascending, nat. Mexico. 



Chilense, arm. Chili, nat. Chili. R. S. Linn. Sys. Veg. i. 

 p. 796. 



