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AVENA trisetaria, ann. small-linear, nat. Egypt. Frosk. Flo. 



Egypt. Arab. p. 27, n. 99. Trisetaria. 

 lutea, ann. yellowish, nat. Martinico. R. S. Linn. Sys. Veg. i. 



p. 659. Trisetum luteum. 

 parviftora, ann. small-flowered, nat. Italy, Africa, ibid. Trisetum 



parviftorum. 

 micrantha, ann. minute-flowered, nat. Europe, ibid. Tri. micran- 



thum, Av. parviflorum, Desfont. In gardens, Festuca uni- 



glumis, et Bromus ligusticus. 

 alopecuroides, ann. foxtail-like, nat. ? Trisetum alopecuros, 



R. S. Linn. Sys. Veg. i. p. 660. 



panicea, ann. bearded-sheathed, nat. Oporto, Link. ibid. 

 Pourreti, ann. hispid-awned, nat. Spain, ibid. Trisetum Pour- 



reti. 

 rigida, per. rigid, nat. Caucasus. Avena sesquitertia, M. a Bie- 



berst. Trisetum rigidum, ibid. 

 carpathica, per. creeping-rooted, nat. Germ. Host. Gram. iv. 



t. 31. 

 fusca, per. dark brown, nat. Germ. R. S. L. S. Veg. i. p. 664. 



Trisetum fuscum . 



aristidioides,per. nat. C. G. Hope. Willd. Spec. i. p. 444. Tri- 

 setum aristidioides, R. S. Linn. Sys. Veg. i. p. 667. 

 arenaria, per. sand, nat. Damascus, in sandy places. Trisetum 



arenarium, ibid. p. 667. 

 macra, per. meagre, nat. Iberia. Marsch. a Bieberst. Fl. Taur. 



Cauc. i. pp. 77, 420. R. S. Linn. Sys. Veg. i. p. 667. Tri- 

 setum macrum. In the south it varies with six flowers ; 



the culm is scarcely the height of a finger's length ; the 



awn is divaricate ; the florets are about the size of those 



of the Avena flavescens, ibid. 



CYNOSURUS. Dog's-tail grass. Generic character : calyx 

 2-valved, 2 to 5-flowered ; corolla 2-valved, valves linear, 

 spear-shaped, exterior awnless, or with an awn terminating 

 the apex ; seed covered by the corolla, the spikelets in most 

 species with leaflets on one side (involucre), or husks on a 

 leaf-stalk (stipata). 

 cristatus, per. crested dog's-tail grass, indig. June and July. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. p. 137. E. Bot. t. 316. Hort. Gram. Fo. 26. 

 multibracteatus, per. many-bracteated, nat. Barbary. R. S. L. 



Sys. Veg. i. p. 518. 

 paniculatus, per. panicled, nat. C. G. Hope, ibid. 



