HORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS. 91 



seed loose, covered by the corolla ; spikets pointing oneway, 

 inserted in double rows; spike compound; Linn. Syst. Veg. ii. 

 10. 



SPARTINA cynosuroides, per. dog's-tail-like cord-grass, nat. 

 North Amer. Dactylis cynosuroides, Hort. Kew. i. 160. 

 Hort. Gram. Wob. Flo. Bor. Amer. i. 64. Limnetis cyno- 

 suroides, Pers. Sprengel. 



stricta, per. upright cord-grass, nat. of England, Smith, Eng. 

 Fl. Linn. Willd. Trachynotia cynosuroides, Mich. Dac- 

 tylis cynosuroides, Loeffling, It. Hisp. 115. 66. Dactylis 

 stricta, Huds. Angl. 43. Limnetis pungens, Pers. Syik i. 

 72. 



alterniflora, per. alternate-flowered cord-grass, nat. of moist 

 pastures, Bayonne. Trachynotia alterniflora, Decand. 

 Flor. Franc. Suppl. 279. n. 2094. 



polystachya, per. many-spiked cord-grass, nat. of New England. 



Linn. Syst. Veg. ii. 262. Trachynotia polystachya, Mich. 



Fl. Bor. Amer. 64. Limnetis polystachya, Pers. Syn. i. 



72. 



pumila, per. dwarf cord-grass, nat. Circa Noveboracum. Linn. 



Syst. Veget. ii. 262. 



juncea, per. rush-like cord-grass, nat. of North America. Dac- 

 tylis patens, Hort. Kew. i. 160. Hort. Gram. Wob. Fo. pp. 

 270, 271. Trachynotia juncea, Mich. Fl. Bor. Am. i. 64. 

 Limnetis juncea, Pers. Syn. i. 72. See Dactylis patens, 

 fasciculata, per. bundle-spiked cord-grass, nat. of America, in 



warm situations. Linn. Syst. Veg. ii. 263. 

 geniculata, per. knee-jointed cord-grass, nat. of Java. Dactylis 

 geniculata, Willd. Spec. i. 409. Spartina geniculata, Linn. 

 Syst. Veg. ii. 263. 



DACTYLIS. Cock's-foot-grass. Generic character: corolla 

 awned at the summit, lanceolate, keeled, compressed, inner 

 valve folded, 2-ribbed ; seed loose, oblong ; calyx compressed, 

 taper-pointed, unequal. Sm. Engl. Fl. i. p. 40. Seed naked, 

 depressed on one side, and convex on the other. 

 glomerata, per. round-headed cock's-foot, indig. June and till 

 August. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. p. 134. E. Bot. 335. Hort. 

 Gram. Fo. 8. 



maritima, per. sea, nat. Germ. July. Flo. Ger. i. p. 313. 

 cynosuroides, per. American cock's-foot, nat. N. America. Hort. 

 Kew. i. 160. October. Sec Spartina. 



