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AIRA minuta, ann. minute, nat. Spain. Schreb. Gram. t. 21> 



f. 2. Air a pumila. Agardh. 

 agrostidea, per. bent-like, nat. France. R. S. L. S. Veg. i. 



p. 579. Airopsis agrostidea. 



MELICA. Melic-grass. Generic character : calyx 2-valved, 



2-flowered, with the rudiment of 1 or 2 florets, that are abortive 



and placed between the others ; corolla 2-valved, awnless ; 



seed ovate, grooved. 



ciliata, per. ciliated, nat. Ger. May and June. Host. t. 12. 



Hort. Gram. Fo. 100. 

 nutans, per. nodding, indig. May. E. Bot. 1059. Sm. Engl. 



Fl. i. p. 112. 



major, per. larger, nat. Greece. Smith, Fl. Gr. 

 saxatilis, per. rock, nat. Greece, ibid. 

 uniflora, per. one-flowered, indig. May and June. E. Bot. 



1058. Sm. Engl. Fl. i. p. 112. 

 carulea, per. purple, indig. July and August. Sm. Engl. Fl. i. 



p. 113. E. Bot. 750. Hort. Gram. Fo. 169. 

 Bauhini, per. nat. Europe, Barbary. Linn. Sys. Veg. i. 



p. 525. Hort. Gram. 



pyramidalis, per. pyramidal, nat. Italy, ibid. 

 laxiflora, per. loose-flowered, ibid. 526. 

 speciosa, per. handsome, nat. Virginia, ibid. 

 papilionacea,per. butterfly, nat. Brazil, ibid. 527. 

 aurantiaca, per. golden, nat. Montevideo, ibid. 

 violacea, per. violet, nat. Montevideo, ibid. 

 rigida,per. rigid, nat. Montevideo, ibid. 



decumbens, per. decumbent, nat. Cape of Good Hope, ibid. 529. 

 racemosa, per. simple culmed, nat. Cape of Good Hope, ibid. 

 hirsuta, per. hairy, nat. Germ., ibid. 

 diffusa, per. branching-panicled, nat. Virginia, ibid. 

 scabra, per. rough, nat. S. Amer., frigid regions. Humb. et 



Bonpl. Nov. Gener. et Spec. i. p. 132. 

 pallida, per. pale, nat. S. America, ibid. 

 capillaris, per. hair-like, nat. S. Amer. 

 festucoides, per. fescue-like, nat. C. G. H. Linn. Sys. Veg. i. 



p. 530. 



minuta,per. small, nat. Italy. June. Willd. Syst. 383, 119. 

 altissima, per. tall, nat. Siberia. Aug. Host. t. 9. 

 (Cynosurus echinatm, Sesleria, et Avena.) 



